Developmental regulation strategies and identity processes are hypothesized as influencing one another over time. This three-wave longitudinal study (N = 369; 20% male) examined, for the first time, the extent to which (a) identity exploration and commitment processes and (b) developmental regulation strategies (goal engagement and disengagement) predicted one another over time; and whether change in identity processes was correlated with change in developmental regulation strategies. Cross-lagged analyses indicated that goal engagement predicted commitment processes and exploration in breadth whereas goal disengagement predicted exploration in depth and reconsideration of commitment. Change in goal engagement was correlated with change in commitment processes, reconsideration of commitment, and exploration in breadth and depth. Change in goal disengagement was correlated with change in all three exploration processes and in reconsideration of commitment. Our longitudinal results suggest mechanisms of human development (stability-flexibility) and may suggest broader developmental principles underlying goal pursuit and identity work among emerging adults.

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身份过程与目标参与和脱离之间的纵向关联：影响和相关变化的方向性

发展调节策略和身份过程被假设为随着时间的推移相互影响。这个三波纵向研究（N = 369; 20% 的男性）首次检查了 (a) 身份探索和承诺过程以及 (b) 发展调节策略（目标参与和脱离）随着时间的推移相互预测的程度；以及身份过程的变化是否与发展调节策略的变化相关。交叉滞后分析表明，目标参与预测了承诺过程和广度上的探索，而目标脱离则预测了深度探索和对承诺的重新考虑。目标投入的变化与承诺过程的变化、对承诺的重新考虑以及广度和深度的探索相关。目标脱离的变化与所有三个探索过程的变化以及对承诺的重新考虑相关。