ABSTRACT Differences in identity stability and change from age 36 through 42 to 50 were examined between three male and female personal style clusters extracted at age 27. We expected, first, the identity statuses to consistently differ between the clusters and, second, those with the least mature identity to move closer to others during midlife. Differences between the personal style clusters were discovered on all identity statuses across ages. Although significant personal style × age interactions were not detected, some evidence of pace-of-development differences emerged for women: Initial differences in identity maturation between the female groups partially leveled off by midlife. In men, early adulthood identity maturation in the conflicted group was however followed by a re-decline in later midlife.

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个人风格集群中的身份状态变化：从成年早期到中年的纵向视角

摘要研究了在 27 岁时提取的三个男性和女性个人风格集群之间身份稳定性和从 36 岁到 42 岁到 50 岁变化的差异。我们预计，首先，集群之间的身份状态始终不同，其次，具有最不成熟的身份在中年与他人靠得更近。在不同年龄的所有身份状态上都发现了个人风格集群之间的差异。虽然没有检测到显着的个人风格 × 年龄相互作用，但出现了一些女性发展速度差异的证据：女性群体之间身份成熟度的初始差异在中年时部分趋于平稳。然而，在男性中，冲突群体的成年早期身份成熟随后在中年后期再次下降。