This contribution sought to examine identity formation in adolescents in prison. For this purpose, two studies were conducted: the first study (cross-sectional) examined differences in identity processes shown by inmates (N = 34) and their peers in a control group (N = 53); the second study (longitudinal) analyzed how inmates' identity formation changes over time (N = 31). In both studies, participants completed the Italian version of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS). The results show that adolescents in prison have a much more uncertain school identity than their peers in school, but the experience in the prison context seems to provide the opportunity to undertake a new developmental pathway, characterized by the consolidation of school identity. For what regards interpersonal identity, there were no differences between inmates and their peers; in this case, the prison experience was mainly associated with a reconsideration of prior commitments.
Il presente contributo è finalizzato a esaminare la formazione dell'identità in adolescenti in carcere. A tal fine sono stati condotti due studi: il primo studio (trasversale) esamina le differenze nei processi identitari mostrati dagli adolescenti in carcere (N = 34) e dai loro coetanei studenti (N = 53); il secondo studio (longitudinale) analizza come cambia nel tempo la formazione dell'identità negli adolescenti in carcere (N = 31). In entrambi gli studi, i partecipanti hanno compilato la versione italiana dell'Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS). I risultati mostrano che gli adolescenti in carcere presentano un'identità scolastica meno strutturata rispetto ai loro coetanei inseriti nel tradizionale percorso formativo, tuttavia l'esperienza nel contesto penitenziario sembra fornire l'opportunità per intraprendere un nuovo percorso evolutivo, caratterizzato dal consolidamento dell'identità scolastica. Per quanto concerne l'identità interpersonale, invece, non ci sono differenze tra gli adolescenti in carcere e non in carcere; in questo caso l'esperienza in carcere si associa a una rimessa in discussione dei propri impegni.
Crocetti, E. (2018). Identity formation in "invisible" adolescents: A research on inmates. PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE, 13(1), 75-86 [10.1482/89429].
Identity formation in "invisible" adolescents: A research on inmates
Crocetti, Elisabetta
2018
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This contribution sought to examine identity formation in adolescents in prison. For this purpose, two studies were conducted: the first study (cross-sectional) examined differences in identity processes shown by inmates (N = 34) and their peers in a control group (N = 53); the second study (longitudinal) analyzed how inmates' identity formation changes over time (N = 31). In both studies, participants completed the Italian version of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS). The results show that adolescents in prison have a much more uncertain school identity than their peers in school, but the experience in the prison context seems to provide the opportunity to undertake a new developmental pathway, characterized by the consolidation of school identity. For what regards interpersonal identity, there were no differences between inmates and their peers; in this case, the prison experience was mainly associated with a reconsideration of prior commitments.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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Crocetti, E. (2018). La formazione dell’identità negli adolescenti “invisibili”_Una ricerca sugli adolescenti in carcere Identity formation in _invisible_ adolescents_ A research on inmates_PostPeerReview.pdf
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