The strategies for constructing own future and identity processing orientations in late adolescence

This article discusses the results of research whose purpose was to identify the relation between the prospective activities of adolescents, analysed through the categories of strategies for constructing own future, and identity formation. Another objective of the study was to examine if these activities are connected with the increasing intensity of the relational patterns considered in terms of the categories of autonomy and intimacy in adolescents’ families. The research was conducted among a group of 145 young people: 68 high school students and 77 academic students. The research was based on the Strategies for Constructing Own Future Inventory, the Identity Style Inventory and the Family of Origin Scale. The results revealed that there exist a relation between the realistic strategy and the informational processing orientation with commitment and the negative diffuse-avoidant processing orientation. The results of the study also indicate that the authority based and pressure-based strategies are connected to the normative processing orientation. The research relevaled two interesting aspects: fi rstly, a positive relation between the carpe diem strategy and the diffuse-avoidant processing orientation and secondly, a negative correspondence between the informational processing orientation and commitment. The results revealed that the connection between the relational patterns in families and strategies is indirectly dependent on commitment, which is interpreted as an individual value system formation.

The strategies for constructing own future and identity processing orientations in late adolescence

This article discusses the results of research whose purpose was to identify the relation between the prospective activities of adolescents, analysed through the categories of strategies for constructing own future, and identity formation. Another objective of the study was to examine if these activities are connected with the increasing intensity of the relational patterns considered in terms of the categories of autonomy and intimacy in adolescents’ families. The research was conducted among a group of 145 young people: 68 high school students and 77 academic students. The research was based on the Strategies for Constructing Own Future Inventory, the Identity Style Inventory and the Family of Origin Scale. The results revealed that there exist a relation between the realistic strategy and the informational processing orientation with commitment and the negative diffuse-avoidant processing orientation. The results of the study also indicate that the authority based and pressure-based strategies are connected to the normative processing orientation. The research relevaled two interesting aspects: fi rstly, a positive relation between the carpe diem strategy and the diffuse-avoidant processing orientation and secondly, a negative correspondence between the informational processing orientation and commitment. The results revealed that the connection between the relational patterns in families and strategies is indirectly dependent on commitment, which is interpreted as an individual value system formation.