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An Observational Assessment Of Peer Group Contributions To Adolescent Identity Development, Tara M. Dumas
An Observational Assessment Of Peer Group Contributions To Adolescent Identity Development, Tara M. Dumas
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The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that interaction-based peer groups play an important role in adolescents’ identity development. Peer group members’ current identity development and peer group interaction processes were examined as predictors of teens’ later identity exploration and commitment. Participants (n = 1070; 522 girls; Mage = 15.45 years) reported on their identity development and a subset of participants took part in an interactive group decision task within peer triads (n = 258; 86 triads). Task-related interactions were coded for support (openness to opinions) or discouragement (teasing of opinions and controlling behaviours) of …