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Identity status research has spanned more than twenty-five years and more than 300 studies. Although not all are reviewed in this chapter, the ones that are covered give a fairly coherent picture of what has been determined with some certainty and what is questionable. The issues raised in the four extensive reviews of identity status research (Bourne, 1978a,b; Marcia, 1980; Matteson, 1975; and Waterman, 1982) suggest the structure for this chapter, which is divided into four sections: (a) Personality characteristics of the different identity statuses, emphasizing “the internalization of self-regulatory processes”; (b) Developmental aspects; (c) Gender differences and sex roles; and (d) Cross-cultural studies.
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Marcia, J.E. (1993). The Status of the Statuses: Research Review. In: Ego Identity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8330-7_2
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