Comparison of Identity Status of Iranian Adolescents and Youths, Resident in Iran, Resident in England and Residents in Iran Who had Living Experience in England

Ghoreishi, Maryam; Mazaheri, Mohammad Ali; Amiri, Shole

Comparison of Identity Status of Iranian Adolescents and Youths, Resident in Iran, Resident in England and Residents in Iran Who had Living Experience in England

Volume 15, Issue 58
Summer 2014

Pages 127-145

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Maryam Ghoreishi ¹

Mohammad Ali Mazaheri ²

Shole Amiri ³

¹ M.S in General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science & Research, Isfahan, Corrosponding Author

² Professor in Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University

³ Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology Isfahan University

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an investigation on identity status for 119 Iranian adolescents/adults categorized in three gropes; 1-permanent resident in Iran, 2- resident in Iran with living experience in the England and 3- currently living in the England. Data collection was done using EMO-EIS2 questionnaire and demographic forms developed in this research. The results revealed differences between identity statuses for three groups. The dominant scores for the diffusion identity status were seen for group 3 and group 2, for moratorium identity they were seen for group 1,3 and group 2, and for the achievement identity status they were observed for group 2 and 1. It is concluded that since in the process of immigration, the social supports required for achievement identity get affected, immigrant adolescents were facing more difficult challenges towards receiving achievement identity and the majority were characterized as diffusion and moratorium identity in the early years of immigration.

Keywords

Immigration

Identity Status

Iran

Adolescents

Youth