Personality, Identity Styles, and Fundamentalism During Emerging Adulthood

This study examined the associations among personality, identity style, and fundamentalism. The initial sample included 808 students from 2 state universities (in the upper Midwest and Southeast United States). Of those students, 440 students self-identified as Protestant and were included. Testing...

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Published in:Identity (Mahwah, N.J.) N.J.), 2016-07, Vol.16 (3), p.142-153
Main Authors: Bartoszuk, Karin, Deal, James E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Colleges & universities
Fundamentalism
Identity
identity styles
Life transitions
mediation
Personality
Social identity
Young adults
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Summary:This study examined the associations among personality, identity style, and fundamentalism. The initial sample included 808 students from 2 state universities (in the upper Midwest and Southeast United States). Of those students, 440 students self-identified as Protestant and were included. Testing mediation effects of identity styles on the relationship between personality and fundamentalism revealed only moderate direct effects between personality and fundamentalism, but 4 distinct patterns of indirect effects supporting the process-oriented model proposed by Duriez and colleagues. Results are discussed in terms of similarities and differences with other studies, with implications for future research outlined.
ISSN:1528-3488
1532-706X
DOI:10.1080/15283488.2016.1190725