Table 3.

Study inclusion and exclusion criteria

Characteristic	Included	Excluded
Report characteristics
Publication type	Peer-reviewed journal articles	Book chapters Conference abstracts Unpublished dissertations
Language	English	Any other language
Accessibility	Full text available online	Full text not available online
Study characteristics
Design	Longitudinal	Cross-sectional
Methodology	Quantitative	Qualitative Review
Measure of identity development	(Neo)Eriksonian measures of identity development (e.g. DIDS, EPSI)	No (Neo)Eriksonian measure of identity development Ethnic identity focused measures
Measure of social-emotional disorders	Measures of social-emotional disorders (i.e., depression, anxiety, eating disorder, psychosis symptoms)	No measure of social-emotional disorders
Sample	At least 95% of sample adolescents and/or emerging adults (i.e., individuals aged between 10 and 30 years)	5% or more of the sample adults (i.e., individuals aged >30 years)

Abbreviations: DIDS dimensions of identity development scale, EPSI erikson psychosocial stage inventory