Author, Article Aim of Study Design Participan Key Findings

Name and Year ts

(Syed & Krenke, 1. Identify several Quantitative - 145 1. Heterogenity in ego de

2013)* trajectories of ego adolescents and velopment trajectories
development from their families from adolescence to
Personality adolescence and (52%Girls) emerging adulthood.
Development From emerging adulthood. 2. That growth in ego
Adolescence to 2. Whether the -All were raised development is more
Emerging developmental in Germany rapid during adoles-
Adulthood: Linking trajectories of the cence and tends to taper
Trajectories of Ego children were related to -Ages off in emerging
Development to the their identity 14-24 adulthood.
Family Context and development in 3. Family contexts that
Identity Formation emerging adulthood. promote personal growth
3.Degree to which are linked to greater ego
parents serve as pacers development
for ego development 4.Both mother and father
ego development is
instrumental in childrens’
ego gains in
adolescence,
5. That youth who
demonstrate continued
ego development into
emerging adulthood also
demonstrate heightened
levels of identity explora-
tion.
(Chen, 2013) - how undocumented Qualitativ -11 English -Population, career and
college students e; speaking personal identity
Negotiating Identity negotiate the interplay Grounde undocumented formation is a
Development of acculturation, ethnic d Theory college students multifaceted process that
Among identity, and educational is impacted by the
Undocumented and career pursuits. -8 Females; 3 influences of home and
Immigrant College male host cultural factors.
Students: A -Identity developed as
Grounded Theory they negotiated between
Study their initial understanding
of the social and cultural
messages they received
regarding their status and
the personal meaning
they gave to their positive
and negative experiences
as students in the United
States.
(Klimsta et al., examining one relatively Quantitative - 580 early - Confirmed E. H.
2010)* neglected part of the adolescents Erikson’s (1950) assertion
Short-Term identity formation that identity reflects a
Fluctuations in process: the short-term -58.4% boys sense of sameness and
Identity: Introducing dynamics of identity 45.2% girls continuity as a more
a Micro-Level formation stable identity (reflected
Approach to Identity by little day-to-day
Formation fluctuations) was
predictive of higher levels
of commitment and lower
levels of reconsideration.
 -the more participants
Investigate factors that Quantitative perceived their parents as
contribute to identity A total of 565 psychologically
(Berzonsky et al., development, such as caucasian controlling, the more
2007) differences in family participants, difficulties they
environment and which consists of experienced in
Parental Psychological parental behavior a predominantly establishing committed
Control and Dimensions of female student choices.
Identity Formation in population.
Emerging Adulthood -482 women - A representation of
(85.3%) and 83 psychologically controlling
men (14.7%). parents seems to be
associated with
impairments in
establishing identity
commitments throughout
the first 2 years in
college.
 Examine differences in Quantitati -Italian sample
(Crocetti,2012) identity formation ve was comprised
between large of 1,975
A Cross-National community samples of adolescents (902
Study of Identity Italian and Dutch boys and 1,073
Status in Dutch and girls)
Italian Adolescents
Status Distributions -Dutch sample
and Correlates was comprised
of 1,521
adolescents (706
boys and 815
girls)

Author, Article Aim of Study Design Participants Key Findings

Name and
 Year

(Kiang & Luu,

2013)
Concordance
in Self and
Ascribed
Ethnic Labels
Among Asian
American
Adolescents

(Luyckx et al.,
2009)
Basic Need
Satisfaction
and Identity
Formation:
Bridging
Self-Determina
tion Theory
and
Process-Orient
ed Identity
Research

(Fadjukoff et al.,
2010)
Changing Economic
Conditions
and Identity
Formation in
Adulthood

(Korff & Grotevant,

2011)
Contact in Adoption
and Adoptive Identity
Formation:
The Mediating Role of
Family Conversation