ABSTRACT This longitudinal study examines identity development in the domain of romantic relationships during young adulthood and what the process of establishing commitments without exploration in this domain involves. Identity status in the romantic relationships domain was assessed for 118 Swedish individuals at the ages of 29 and 33, using the Identity Status Interview. Identity diffusion was less common at age 33 than at age 29, whereas foreclosure, moratorium, and identity achievement were equally common at both ages. The majority of those assigned to identity diffusion at age 29 had transitioned to identity foreclosure by age 33. These nine participants were selected as a subsample for further analysis of the process of commitment-making, and changes in their identity narratives between age 29 (before establishing commitments) and age 33 (after establishing commitments) were examined using case-based thematic analysis. The results suggest that the commitment-making process involves changes in identity content, such as having more elaborate and positive views on romantic relationships, as well as changes related to identity processes, including narrating one’s experiences and views concerning romantic relationships in a more temporally integrated way.

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“现在是新的篇章”：在青年时期确立浪漫领域的承诺

摘要 这项纵向研究考察了青年时期浪漫关系领域的身份发展，以及在该领域没有探索的情况下建立承诺的过程涉及什么。使用身份状态访谈对 118 名 29 岁和 33 岁的瑞典人在浪漫关系领域中的身份状态进行了评估。身份扩散在 33 岁时不如 29 岁时常见，而丧失抵押品赎回权、暂停和身份成就在这两个年龄段同样普遍。大多数在 29 岁时被分配到身份扩散的人在 33 岁时转变为身份丧失。这九名参与者被选为子样本，以进一步分析承诺的过程，并使用基于案例的主题分析检查了他们在 29 岁（确立承诺之前）和 33 岁（确立承诺之后）之间身份叙述的变化。结果表明，做出承诺的过程涉及身份内容的变化，例如对浪漫关系有更详细和积极的看法，以及与身份过程相关的变化，包括以更时间整合的方式叙述一个人对浪漫关系的经历和看法。办法。