The Integration of Personal Identity,Religious Identity,and Moral Identity in Emerging Adulthood |
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Authors: | Sam A Hardy Amber R C Nadal Seth J Schwartz |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA;2. Center for Family Studies, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA |
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Abstract: | The present study investigated the relative roles of identity structure (i.e., personal identity) and identity contents (i.e., religious identity and moral identity) in predicting emerging adults’ prosocial and antisocial behaviors. The sample included 9,495 college students. A variable-centered analysis (path analysis) used personal identity, religious identity, and moral identity as predictors of prosocial and antisocial behavior and tested interactions of personal identity with religious identity and moral identity. Moral identity was the strongest predictor of both behaviors, and religious identity and moral identity both interacted with personal identity in predicting antisocial behavior. A person-centered analysis (latent profile analysis) found three classes: integrated, moral identity–focused, and religious identity–focused, with integrated being most adaptive on both outcomes. |
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Keywords: | Emerging adulthood identity morality person-centered religiosity |
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