Foreclosure Explained
Can someone explain to me James Marcia’s Identity diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium and achievement statuses?
I’m reading my psych book (this is the only psych I have to have!!) and the definitions for these identities do not make sense to me! It says for example that identity diffusion is when individuals have not experienced a crisis or mady any commitments. This does not make sense to me!! Sorry! What kind of crisis, what kind of commitment?
Is there anyone who can explain this to me in English and not ‘psych talk’ ?? They are all confusing to me!!
A crisis refers to a time of upheaval when old choices or values are being reconsidered. This happens, for example, when a teenager rejects roles that their parents had mapped out for them and begin to look into other possibilities for themselves.
A commitment usually follows a crisis. It is when someone commits to (or decides to go with) a particular role or value.
So you might have someone who is being groomed to take over the family business who decides they really want to be an artist. The crisis is the rethinking of their role of taking over the family business. The commitment is the decision to become an artist.
So, Marcia defines various identity statuses on the basis of these two concepts:
Identity Diffusion is when there is no crisis – that means that there are no big changes or hard decisions being made about specific roles and values. But there has also been no commitment. The person has not taken on specific roles or values as being their own. It is “diffusion” because it leaves them kind of vague and unclear with regard to identity.
Foreclosure – is when the young person has made the commitment, but without the crisis. Marcia suggests that the commitment has been made too soon. So in the example I used, the person goes ahead with the idea of taking on the family business without really thinking so much about it (so there was never a “crisis.”
Moratorium is when there is crisis, but no commitment. The young person is in some personal turmoil over a role or value, but hasn’t commited. (Still thinking they want to be an artist, but not ready to make the commitment.)
And the hoped for outcome – Achievement – The crisis has occurred and the decision (commitment) has been made.
Hope that makes sense.
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