Associations between the implicit needs for affiliation and power and identity development in a sample of Zambian adolescents. Issue 7 (3rd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hofer, Jan; Lehmann, Meike; Busch, Holger; Menon, Anitha
• Is Part Of: Self and identity. Volume 21:Issue 7(2022)
• Page Start: 805
• Page End: 826
• Publication Date: 2022-10-03
• Subjects: Implicit motives -- perceived parenting -- identity development -- adolescence -- Zambia; Self -- Periodicals; Identity (Psychology) -- Periodicals; Cognition -- Periodicals; Motivation (Psychology) -- Periodicals; 155.205
• DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2021.1967189
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1529-8868

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Research indicates that identity development is impacted by implicit motives. Because research in non-Western cultures is scarce, a sample from Zambia is examined; moreover, because previous research has exclusively focused on communal motives ( n Affiliation), agentic motives ( n Power) are taken into account additionally. We hypothesized that implicit motives relate to identity development only when adolescents report positive parenting experiences. Adolescents ( N = 407) provided information on implicit motives, perceived parenting quality, and identity in interpersonal and ideological domains. Results indicate that adolescents with positive parenting experiences make more motive-congruent identity commitments and reconsider them less (at least in the interpersonal domain). Findings open up new questions about the universality of the influence of implicit motives on identity development.