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%