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James Marcia's 4 Identity Statuses

James Marcia proposed four identity statuses based on whether individuals have experienced an identity crisis and made commitments: identity achievement involves successfully achieving identity after crisis; identity foreclosure involves unquestioningly adopting values without crisis; identity moratorium involves actively struggling for identity during a current crisis; and identity diffusion involves an absence of crisis or commitment.

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James Marcia's 4 Identity Statuses

James Marcia proposed four identity statuses based on whether individuals have experienced an identity crisis and made commitments: identity achievement involves successfully achieving identity after crisis; identity foreclosure involves unquestioningly adopting values without crisis; identity moratorium involves actively struggling for identity during a current crisis; and identity diffusion involves an absence of crisis or commitment.

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JAMES MARCIAS 4 IDENTITY STATUSES

Present
Absent

COMMITMENT

CRISIS
Present

Absent

Identity Achievement

Identity Foreclosure

Successful acievement of a sense


of identity

Unquestioning adoption of
parental or societal values

Identity Moratorium

Identity Diffusion

Active struggling for a sense of


identity

Absence of struggle for identity,


with no obvious concern about it

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