Personality, Identity Styles, and Fundamentalism During Emerging Adulthood. Issue 3 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bartoszuk, Karin; Deal, James E.
• Is Part Of: Identity. Volume 16:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 142
• Page End: 153
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Fundamentalism -- identity styles -- mediation -- personality; Personality development -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Identity (Psychology) -- Periodicals; 155.2
• DOI: 10.1080/15283488.2016.1190725
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1528-3488

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.