Crisis?
Yes
No
Commitment?
Yes
Identity
Identity
Achievement
Foreclosure
succesfully "struggle" unquestioning adoption
of
to sense of identity identity (e.g. from
parents)
No
Identity
Identity
Moratorium
Diffusion
actively struggling no struggle,
and no
for sense of identity concern about
identity
From Meilman (1991) : Percent of student at each "status"
Identity Status
diffused foreclosed moratorium achieved
AGE
15
64%
32% 0%
4%
18
49%
28% 4%
19%
21
28%
19% 13%
40%
24
22%
9% 12%
56%