APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Colombian Adolescents’ Personal Identity Cohesion Mediates Associations between National Identity Resolution and Academic Adjustment
- Stefanie Martinez-Fuentes
Arizona State University - Michael Sladek
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Adriana Umaña-Taylor
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Elana McDermott
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Kristia Wantchekon
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Liliana Uribe Tirado
Universidad de San Buenaventura Medellín - Luz Tilano Vega
Universidad de San Buenaventura Medellin
Abstract
This study extended research on national identity to Colombian adolescents, focusing on how processes of identity development related to adolescent adjustment. In a mediation model, national identity resolution was associated with greater personal identity cohesion, which in turn was associated with greater academic engagement and sense of school belonging.
Adolescent
