Identity formation is one of the most important tasks of adolescence. For your thread:
Choose one of the four arenas of identity formation (faith, vocation, politics or gender role).
Within the arena you have chosen, describe some circumstances from your adolescence that impacted your journey to identity achievement.
Consider James Marcia’s four specific coping strategies discussed in the text (role confusion, foreclosure, moratorium or achievement) and describe how they were or were not evident in your experience.
Tell whether your faith hindered or helped your journey to identity achievement.
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