Personal identity, somatic symptoms, and symptom-related thoughts, feelings, and behaviors: Exploring associations and mechanisms in adolescents and emerging adults
Leni Raemen, L. Claes, M. Verschueren, L. Van Oudenhove, Sarah Vandekerkhof, Ine Triangle, K. Luyckx
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The present paper includes two studies examining how identity functioning is related to (psychological characteristics of) somatic symptoms. Study 1 examined associations between identity and somatic symptoms, whereas Study 2 additionally examined associations between identity and psychological characteristics of somatic symptoms and investigated the mediating role of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the association between identity disturbance and (psychological characteristics of) somatic symptoms. The total sample consisted of adolescents and emerging adults aged 14–30, including 686 and 663 participants for Study 1 and 2, respectively. In both studies, youth in troubled diffusion reported the most (psychological characteristics of) somatic symptoms. Finally, significant indirect effects from identity disturbance to (psychological characteristics of) somatic symptoms through anxiety and depressive symptoms were found.
期刊介绍:
Work on self and identity has a special place in the study of human nature, as self-concerns are arguably at the center of individuals" striving for well-being and for making sense of one"s life. Life goals develop and are influenced by one"s view of what one is like, the way one would ideally like to be (or would like to avoid being), as well as one"s perceptions of what is feasible. Furthermore, conceptions of self and the world affect how one"s progress towards these goals is monitored, evaluated, redirected, re-evaluated, and pursued again. Thus, the “self” as a construct has far-reaching implications for behavior, self-esteem, motivation, experience of emotions and the world more broadly, and hence for interpersonal relationships, society, and culture.