Table 2.
Descriptive statistics by age group for observed and latent variables of identity diffusion.
| Age 12 | Age 13 | Age 14 | Age 15 | Age 16 | Age 17 | Age 18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 330 | 346 | 378 | 350 | 362 | 329 | 286 |
| Observed | |||||||
| Identity diffusion | 64.04 (30.56) | 61.81 (99.21) | 68.02 (60.95) | 74.61 (31.79) | 73.09 (28.10) | 61.17 (28.84) | 63.51 (28.81) |
| Discontinuity—attributes | 12.69 (5.28) | 13.45 (5.60) | 13.65 (5.75) | 14.07 (5.72) | 13.60 (5.16) | 12.49 (5.50) | 11.81 (5.22) |
| Discontinuity—relationships | 6.73 (5.61) | 8.11 (6.48) | 7.83 (6.44) | 9.14 (6.81) | 8.71 (5.69) | 7.54 (5.56) | 7.24 (5.56) |
| Discontinuity—emotions | 8.19 (5.42) | 9.08 (5.52) | 8.71 (5.21) | 9.06 (5.06) | 8.97 (4.73) | 7.89 (4.72) | 7.06 (4.22) |
| Incoherence—self-consistency | 12.40 (7.96) | 13.66 (8.46) | 13.89 (8.23) | 14.97 (8.29) | 14.73 (7.49) | 13.90 (7.70) | 12.40 (6.71) |
| Incoherence—autonomy | 14.45 (7.80) | 15.64 (8.14) | 15.62 (7.94) | 16.06 (7.67) | 16.22 (6.75) | 15.21 (7.04) | 14.93 (6.49) |
| Incoherence—cognitions | 9.58 (5.83) | 10.65 (6.02) | 11.00 (5.67) | 11.32 (5.54) | 10.84 (4.93) | 10.13 (4.93) | 10.08 (4.88) |
| Latent | |||||||
| Identity diffusion | 0.00 | 0.18 (0.08)* | 0.20 (0.08)* | 0.33 (0.08)** | 0.32 (0.09)** | 0.11 (0.09) | −0.05 (0.09) |
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01; descriptive statistics of observed variables include M and SD whereas descriptive statistics of latent variables include M and SE.