Uwarunkowania procesu kształtowania się tożsamości w okresie przejścia z adolescencji do dorosłości

James Marcia’s two-stage model of identity formation has ceased to be sufficient to describe and account for identity formation paths. The dynamic dual-cycle model of identity formation developed by Koen Luyckx and collaborators proves to be much more accurate. Identity is formed in the whole course of human life, although the period of childhood and, in particular, adolescence seem to be pivotal from the point of view of what trajectory of development the individual is on at the moment of entering adulthood. From this point of view the factors which we regard as crucial for identity formation are, on the one hand, proneness to shame and the shame regulation strategies and, on the other, the system of personal beliefs about one’s life and related key social experiences which define the quality of social participation of adolescents.