Mykolas Romeris University.
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.
Child Dev. 2019 Sep;90(5):1579-1588. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13294. Epub 2019 Jul 25.
In adolescence, both identity concerns and feelings of loneliness are of utmost importance to the experiences of young people. Yet, a theoretically grounded hypothesis that identity and loneliness are developmentally related has never been tested. Thus, the aim of this study was to disentangle the longitudinal associations between identity processes in educational and interpersonal domains and loneliness in adolescence. The sample consisted of 632 Lithuanian adolescents (53.2% girls; M = 14.32; SD = 1.09) participating in a four-wave study with 6-month intervals between assessments. Cross-lagged analyses revealed reciprocal associations between identity processes and loneliness in the educational domain and unidirectional effects of adolescents' reconsideration of commitment on loneliness in the interpersonal domain.
在青春期，身份认同的问题和孤独感是年轻人经历的重中之重。然而，一个关于身份认同和孤独感在发展上相互关联的理论假设从未得到过验证。因此，本研究的目的是厘清教育和人际关系领域的身份认同过程与青少年孤独感之间的纵向关联。该样本由 632 名立陶宛青少年组成（53.2%为女生；M=14.32，SD=1.09），他们参与了一项为期四个阶段的研究，评估时间间隔为 6 个月。交叉滞后分析显示，教育领域的身份认同过程与孤独感之间存在相互关联，而青少年对人际关系领域承诺的重新考虑对孤独感则存在单向影响。
