Identity Change Research Articles

다문화청소년의 국가정체성 및 이중문화수용태도와 성취동기 사이의 종단적 관계

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between national identity, achievement motivation, bicultural acceptance attitude, and achievement motivation of multicultural adolescents focused on developmental change by finding longitudinal effects of national identity and bicultural acceptance attitude on achievement motivation, This study utilized data from the 4th one (1st grade in middle school) in 2014 to the 9th one (3rd grade in high school) in 2019 among the multicultural adolescents panel surveyed by the Korea Adolescents Policy Institute. The analysis cases was 1,072 people who responded to all surveys during the period. Data analysis was performed using SPSS Statistics 25 and Mplus8, and the latent growth model was applied. The analysis results are as follows. First, the higher the initial value(in 1st grade of middle school) of national identity of multicultural adolescents, the achievement motivation increases. Second, the initial value(in 1st grade of middle school) of national identity did not affect on the rate of change in achievement motivation. Third, the higher the rate of change of national identity as age increase, achievement motivation become higher. Fourth, the rate of change in achievement motivation of male student becomes higher than that of female students as age increases. Fifth, the higher the initial value(in 1st grade of middle school) of the bicultural acceptance attitude of multicultural adolescents has positive effects on the achievement motivation increases. Sixth, the initial value(in 1st grade of middle school) of the bicultural acceptance attitude of multicultural adolescents doesn’t have no effects on he rate of change in achievement motivation, Seventh, as the rate of change in the bicultural acceptance attitude of multicultural adolescents increases, the rate of change in achievement motivation also become higher. The rate of change is more important that the initial value in national identity and in the bicultural acceptance attitude in increasing achievement motivation of multicultural adolescents. This result shows active support is needed to promote steady development of national identity and bicultural acceptance attitude of multicultural adolescents. And we need to pay attention to prevent the decline in the rate of increase in achievement motivation among female students compared to male students growing into late adolescence.

주민 중심 지역문화축제와 주체성 변천과정 연구

In 2014, the Korean government and parliament enacted the Local Culture Promotion Act, creating a law to systematically promote local culture beyond the existing piecemeal laws on culture and arts. The purpose of the Act is to enhance the cultural enjoyment rights of local residents through voluntary cultural activities, thereby forming a modern community and creating added value for local competitiveness by using local culture as a resource.
 Even statutory cultural city policies based on the voluntary and original local culture of local residents have been introduced, but even now, there is a strong movement to try cultural policies and projects as economic value creation tools such as tourism and experience products from the perspective of individual leisure and welfare or art and industry. Either way, it is based on the premise that residents are passive and passive objects from the perspective of the administration or producers and suppliers, which misses the basic point that local culture is a way of life formed and shared by local members, and eventually turns into a state that claims to be a cultural city but goes against it. Not only does it not fulfill the purpose of the Local Culture Promotion Act and local self-governance, but it is also distorted into an adverse effect that harms the possibility that it could have been formed naturally due to unilateral and unreasonable intervention.
 In this study, we will analyze local cultural contents in the process of discovering and sharing local unique cultural resources with the community as a mediator as the main actors of local culture at the urban community level, and local festivals, which are the most commonly encountered, as a case study. Currently, most festivals are organized by a few people, such as the local government or an expert or agency working on their behalf, to mobilize residents to participate in the festival. In contrast to this phenomenon, this study examines the evolution of the Ulsan Residents' Representative Festival, which, until relatively recently, was organized by the residents themselves as a community feast. This study will shed light on how the festival, which was organized by the residents of Ulsan, a newly formed region in the modern era, was able to create regional harmony and unique values in the same context as the previous traditional festivals.
 This study examines the 57-year evolution of the newly created Ulsan Residents' Representative Festival in the modern era and the changes in the position of residents by system in relation to the management of the festival. By examining how residents have created a relationship with the new area, we hope to draw out what the changes in residents' identity and agency mean for Korean society and the festival today. A community and organization starts with one person, and the character of a community depends on what kind of people it consists of, so as part of communication and integration, we need to think together about how local festivals should be created and why and how residents should be reintroduced as subjects. This is because local cultural contents are rooted in local culture, and this uniqueness is accumulated and shared over time by voluntary actors.

Метисация хакасов как фактор ассимиляции коренного населения Хакасии

Goals. The article attempts an analysis of miscegenation as a reason behind the Khakass population decline and the titular ethnic group’s assimilation. Despite there is an increasing number of publications examining various aspects of miscegenation among indigenous Siberians, such works dealing with the complex social process in Khakassia are scarce enough. The working hypothesis rest on the assertions as follows: the increased number of mestizos has led to significant changes in identities of descendants of interethnic marriages in recent decades; positions of the Khakass language as a means of everyday communication and cultural transmission have been weakened by the globalization and electronic communication development; the two put together may result in that the Khakass would lose their native language and culture on the way toward total assimilation. Materials and methods. The study focuses on official statistics data and outcomes of the author’s survey conducted in 2018, as well as on some bibliographic interviews with ethnic Khakass individuals and mestizos of Khakassia obtained in 2023. The snowball sampling method proved most instrumental in identifying further interviewees. Results. Present-day Khakassia witnesses quite a difficult situation: the increase in miscegenation and decrease of Khakass population trigger accelerated linguistic and cultural assimilation trends. The former have resulted from somewhat changed ethnic composition across the region, urbanization, and globalization. However, in the face of the mentioned circumstances, ethnic consciousness of the Khakass remains stable enough, the latter being manifested in the recognition of the Khakass language as mother tongue, in their understanding of the need to protect and develop traditional Khakass culture. But despite the efforts aimed at preserving Khakass, there is a real threat of its extinction. As compared to descendants of monoethnic marriages, mestizos tend to choose assimilation behavior strategies, which also entails dramatic risks for ethnic survival.

Bans on Evidence-Based Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People Present Risks for Clients and Dilemmas for Mental Health Providers

Despite efforts to improve the sociopolitical landscape for sexual and gender minorities, including legislation to ban sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOGICE), new threats have arisen with a sharp increase in state legislatures enacting anti-TGD (transgender and gender diverse) legislation. Some of these laws and the accompanying hostile climate may prevent mental health providers from providing the best evidence-based care for their TGD clients. This paper briefly reviews the current sociopolitical climate, the impact of the climate on TGD people, and challenges faced by mental health providers serving TGD clients. We conclude with recommendations for supporting TGD clients in the current sociopolitical context and a call for advocacy to continue efforts to ban SOGICE and protect access to social, legal, and medical gender affirmation for youth and adults.

Pomiędzy narracją a tożsamością. Meandry autobiografii

The text is an analysis of interrelations binding autobiographical narration to individual and social identity. The first part tackles the fundamental connection between narration and individual, personal identity of the narrator – Paul Ricoeur, serving as a guide to this fundamental part of the proposed analysis, assumes that the narrative continuum follows and imitates the temporal continuum, constituting a flow in which it becomes possible to inscribe stories modifying and corroborating the reflected course of life. Conceptualizing and bringing to consciousness one’s course of life, auto-narration constitutes both a form of conscientious self-judgement and an occasion for self-deception. In the second part, the author attempts to show how auto narration and its significance for the individual identity changes, when it gets written down in the form of autobiography, subjected to the rigor of the writing and entering in complex interrelationships with social memory and identity. Here the author’s guides are among others Philippe Lejeune, Janet Verner Gunn and Georges Gusdorf. In the third part, the hitherto reconstructed structure of auto-narration and autobiography is destroyed: referring to such authors as Louis A. Renza, Jean Starobinski, John Sturrock, Michel Beaujour and Jacques Derrida, I demonstrate that the autobiographical undertaking is doubtful, and that the optimistic project of saving oneself by means of auto-narration and autobiography is an illusion. The presence of Derrida in the text is scarcely visible; yet it is Derrida, in dialogue with the late Ricoeur, that show us the way out from the autobiographical and identitary trap.

A review on the application of UV‐C treatment on food and food surfaces: association with food microbiology, predictive microbiology and quantitative microbial risk assessment

SummaryThe so‐called emerging technologies have gained prominence in the field of food processing, compared to conventional heat treatments, due to technological, sensorial and microbiological safety benefits. Ultraviolet radiation (UV), more specifically UV‐C radiation, is inexpensive and has been one of the most studied technologies. This work seeks to summarise the application of UV‐C treatment, contextualising its efficiency in the inactivation of microorganisms in different food matrices and surfaces associated with food handling and allowing the visualisation of trends in the combination of UV‐C radiation with other technologies. Still, the technology is related to quantitative tools associated with food microbiology. Factors related to processing parameters, characteristics of the microbial population and food properties have a direct influence on the effectiveness of UV‐C technology. The UV‐C treatment parameters must be rigorously defined, considering the particularities of each food matrix, so that undesirable identity or sensory changes do not occur. The application of mathematical tools, such as predictive microbiology and quantitative microbial risk assessment, is fundamental in the planning and definition of processing parameters for UV‐C radiation technology.

Group Belonging and Social Identities in the Transition of Asylum-Seekers in Greece: Longitudinal Pathways to Adjustment.

Millions of forced migrants settling in host countries often struggle to adjust to their new life. As their inclusion and adjustment within receiving societies has become a global social challenge, studying the factors that support their successful transition is an important topic of research inquiry. The present three-wave longitudinal study examined the role of group belonging and social identification in facilitating the transition of 60 sub-Saharan African asylum-seekers to Greece. Drawing upon the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC), we investigated how multiple group memberships before migration, social identity continuity, and social identity gain related to their adjustment over 8 months. On the between-person level, multiple group belonging before migration indirectly contributed to better person-average levels of sociocultural adjustment, physical health functioning and satisfaction, psychological distress, and life satisfaction, by way of higher person-average levels of social identity continuity and/or social identity gain. However, multiple groups before migration also had a direct negative effect on the overall levels of psychological distress. On the within-person level, positive changes in social identity continuity and gain were related to positive changes in different adjustment-related outcomes over time. Our findings are consistent with SIMIC and highlight the importance of group belonging and associated social identities in forced migrants' transition, in ways that may pave the way for the development of social identity interventions to promote their health, well-being, and successful integration. Future longitudinal and experimental evidence with larger and more diverse samples of forced migrants is needed to establish the generalizability and causality of the observed associations.

Self Interpretation: The Identity of Women Legislator

There is an expansion of the meaning of women's personal identities in the process of transforming the contestation of political life in Indonesia. This research is able to interpret the role and position of women in determining the direction of changing women's identity. Methodologically, this research uses a Schutz phenomenological approach through in-depth interviews. Field research was carried out by taking research subjects, comprising eight female members of the legislature in the city of Surabaya. The results of the study revealed women's identity as a form of approved self-meaning: first, women’s identity as a female fighter. This identity offers a form of identity as part of tracking the struggle of gender fighters. The second is women’s identity as a people's fighters. The third is the identity of a great woman who has electability and credibility as people's representatives. The fourth is women’s identity as a superwoman. They stand to fight for their family’s welfare, a manifestation of the excessive burden of the domestic role that is their husband’s responsibility. The most powerful factors forming women's legal identity are family, political parties, community views and political interests. Many "women legislators" in Indonesia are still developing themselves and adapting to the modernization of political identity. In conclusion, the direction of identity change through self-definition is incompatible with the direction of progressive political change in political communication competence. The significance of this research will give an impact on the political system regarding the recruitment and regeneration process of legislative candidates in Indonesia in the future.

Dress Codes: Deciphering Gender and Fashion in Eighteenth-Century London Through Frances Burney's Evelina; or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World (1778)

Fashion is regarded simply as a display of individual preference, while it offers deep perspectives on social standards, cultural shifts, and the identity construction. Clothing is a medium for reflecting and expressing complex social dynamics, norms, and changes in identity, particularly during significant cultural shifts. In 18th-century Britain, the fashion industry experienced considerable transformation, driven by increased consumerism, and this period revealed a critical relationship between gender roles in society and fashion trends. Women, usually portrayed as erratic and unpredictable, emerged as the most ardent fans of fashion, personifying its transient nature. This paper examines the intricate bond between fashion and gender roles in 18th century London by using Frances Burney's well-known work Evelina; or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World (1778) as a primary reference. Fashion during this era was not merely a means of decoration; it was inextricably linked to the prevailing social norms and standards. By studying the clothing choices in Evelina (1778), this research aims to expose the rigorous gender conventions of the period and demonstrate fashion's critical role in upholding societal expectations. Essentially, this study goes beyond the physical layers of clothing to uncover the stringent gender conventions prevalent in 18th-century London. It reveals how fashion, typically considered superficial, is a pivotal factor in reflecting and forming societal standards and norms.

Becoming a social worker

Despite being the subject of numerous research, professional identity in social work remains an important yet contentious concept. The aim of this article is to contribute to the literature on professional identity in social work by reflecting on the mutual development of the personal and professional identities of social workers in Ghana. Interviews were conducted among 20 social workers in two regions of Ghana, the northern and central regions. The evidence shows that the identity of social workers is shaped by two major factors – the statutory legal regime in which they operate, and the professional principles they apply in their work. Understood within the frame of social identity theory, the narratives of the social workers indicate how identifying with the professional group bestows distinctiveness and a change in personal identity. This change is reflected in their attitudes and value judgements of previously taken-for-granted socio-cultural practices. But while they firmly identify with the state and the professional principles, the social workers actively attempt to build local authenticity into their professional practices.

Finding ourselves: E hoki koe ki ō maunga kia purea koe e ngā hau a Tāwhirimātea

In te ao Māori, our connection to our maunga and physical landmarks speaks to who we are as a people. Our maunga are also a source of inspiration and direction. This article draws on the symbolism of maunga and describes a Māori process of the way maunga can also act as a metaphorical journey to strengthening identity and transformative change. It analyses data from a TLRI research study Renewing Participatory Democracy: Walking with Young Children to Story and Read the Land to exemplify this process from the experiences of whānau and tamariki attending Te Kōhanga Reo ki Rotokawa, where haerenga (trips) to their tribal landmarks are undertaken. The impact of haerenga on whānau identity is explored, and its importance and value discussed.

Rise of English in Morocco and the Question of Identity

English, as the lingua franca of the world, is gaining considerable popularity in Morocco in response to the calls of globalization, social mobility, and neoliberalism. Given this new status of English in the multilingual scope in Morocco, it is highly interesting to study how learning English in EFL settings influences learners’ identities, namely in tertiary education. This paper introduces an exploratory study that aims to highlight the impact of learning English as a foreign language on students’ self-identities in Morocco. Therefore, the objective of this study is to track any possible impact of the target culture on beliefs, and values learners of English and how exposure to the English language affects their perception of Moroccan culture as English majors. The study also aims at weighing the extent to which students are allowed /pushed to behave outside the norms of their cultural values by adopting an identity change model. This study utilized thematic analysis to qualitatively analyze data from focus group interviews aimed at understanding the impact of learning English as a foreign language on Moroccan students' self-identities. Four key themes emerged from the analysis: 1) self-confidence enhancement, 2) self-identity transformation, 3) identity negotiation in intercultural contexts, and 4) degrees of identity change. The participants' positive attitudes toward learning English and its influence on their self-identities were evident. The findings underscored how English proficiency affects self-confidence, cultural beliefs, and attitudes, revealing a complex interplay between language acquisition and identity shifts. The study contributes to understanding the evolving role of English in Moroccan society and its implications for individual identities amidst globalization.

The Struggle of Finding Identity as Seen in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The title of this research is "The Struggle to Find Identity as Seen in Mark Twain's Novel The Adventurs of Toms Sawyer". The problem of this research is focused on Tom's struggles using Kennedy's (2016) theory, Tom's adventures which reflect his true identity using Mark and June's (2012) theory and external conflicts experienced by Tom as reflected in Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer using Kenny's (1966) theory. The approach used in this research is psychology. This research is a qualitative descriptive research. The technique used in this study is a documentary based on Mason. The results of this study indicate that all of Tom's struggles in this novel are based on the majority of people who always think that Tom is a delinquent, naughty boy. And Tom's struggle to get the girl he loves so much. It took a struggle to prove that Tom was actually a good boy. The adventures of Tom, who is looking for his true identity, is caused by the people of evaluate, that Tom is a very naughty child and the attitude of the whole society, which is often unpleasant, finally makes him look for happiness or pleasure with adventure, which in the end, his adventures make his identity change from the beginning. always known as a naughty child who turns into a good, smart child and becomes a role model in the village. The external conflict occurs because sometimes humans disagree with other people because of their mischief.

”Vi får lära oss helt nya sätt att tänka nu!”

This study investigates the potential to encompass questions about transgender and gender fluid identity in the school subject visual art in compulsory school years 7-9. A qualitative semi structured focus group interview was made with five visual art teachers who discuss visual art in relation to its potential to support personal development, exploration of identity and gender orientation in art education. The article discusses in what way visual art as a school subject can function as communicative support for pupils withgender fluid identity and in what way transgender individuals and individuals with gender fluid identity can be included in the arteducation in school. The results show that the visual art teachers believe that the subject visual art is a significant tool for pupils in communicating an inner dialogue with an external world. The results also show that multimodal methods give pupils the opportunity tobe exploratory and uncertain as well as support them in communicating what is unsaid and unwritten when exploring ongoing changes in gender identity. Visual arts can thus be a forum for pupils to talk about questions concerning transgender and gender fluid identification and serve as a democratic tool to counteract exclusion.

Fixed or Fluid? Sexual Identity Fluidity in a Large National Panel Study of New Zealand Adults

ABSTRACT Sexual orientation has been defined as an enduring aspect of the self, but emerging evidence reveals that people’s sexual attractions, behaviors, and identities can shift over time. To examine this possibility, we present a large longitudinal analysis of sexual orientation identity fluidity among New Zealand adults (N total = 45,856; age = 18–99; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority (LGB+) ns = 746–3,387). Over seven years, 5.7% of participants changed sexual identities at least once. Change was bi-directional (i.e. toward and away from LGB+ identities) and most common in people who initially reported a plurisexual identity. Although women reported higher rates of plurisexuality than men, they were not more fluid in their identities, contradicting the notion of male fixedness and female plasticity in sexuality. Moreover, openness to experience was associated with increased odds of changing from a heterosexual to a plurisexual identity, while political liberalism and lower conscientiousness were associated with increased odds of changing from a heterosexual to a plurisexual identity and more identity changes over time. Overall, our study shows that sexual identity can be fluid into adulthood and has implications for how we understand contemporary human sexuality.

Social representation and identity processes in relation to COVID-19 reactions: an introduction

The articles in this special issue enable us not only to reflect upon changes in representation, identity and human reactions during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to anticipate the effects of future health crises. More generally, they demonstrate the multitude of ways in which research can and should be conducted, but also the value in ensuring a coordinated research effort that seeks to synthesise research findings. It should be noted that in all the articles in the special issue there is a strong focus upon social psychological theory. This is based upon the premise that evidence-based policy approaches to risk reactions that are grounded in robust, testable theory are more likely to be effective. The social sciences have a crucial role to play in enhancing future pandemic preparedness. This special issue presents some key foci for research that seeks to do so.

Identity resilience, uncertainty, personal risk, fear, mistrust and ingroup power influences upon COVID-19 coping

A model of the relationships between social psychological factors that were influential in determining individual coping responses to the COVID-19 pandemic is presented here. The factors include identity resilience (as defined in identity process theory), uncertainty, perceived personal risk, fear, mistrust and ingroup power. These factors are significantly associated with each other. Higher identity resilience is associated with greater uncertainty, personal risk and fear, but with lower mistrust and ingroup power. Social representation and group identification processes also have important effects on individual coping, and are moderated by identity resilience. Implications of the model for developing future pandemic preparedness include the desirability of fostering greater identity resilience in those at risk and the value of ongoing targeting of information and social support to promote the development of more effective coping responses to fear, risk, uncertainty and mistrust.

Associations of sexual identity change and identity-attraction discordance with symptomatic alcohol and other drug use.

National studies examining alcohol and other drug use by sexual orientation have been primarily cross-sectional. Understanding changes in sexual orientation over time may further elucidate the mechanisms behind sexual orientation differences in alcohol and other drug use. This national longitudinal study examines changes in sexual orientation across four waves (2013-2019), and the associations with symptomatic alcohol and other drug use. Data from Waves 1 through 5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study were used to examine associations of sexual identity change/stability and sexual identity-attraction discordance/concordance from baseline to follow-up with symptomatic substance use at follow-up. We examined four outcomes: any symptomatic substance use, symptomatic alcohol use, symptomatic other drug use, and symptomatic alcohol + other drug use. Mixed effects logistic regression models were used and all analyses were weighted and stratified by sex. In models adjusting for potential confounders, greater likelihood of symptomatic alcohol and other drug use outcomes was found among males and females experiencing a change from a heterosexual to sexual minority identity and among females with new or consistent sexual identity-attraction discordance. These findings highlight important sex differences and suggest that the period of transitioning to a sexual minority identity is a particularly vulnerable period for symptomatic alcohol and other drug use. For females, incongruent sexual identity and attraction is also a risk factor. Interventions that assist individuals during this transitional period and during a time when identity and attraction are incongruent, may reduce symptomatic substance use during this period.

A Neglected Aspect of Identity Change

A Neglected Aspect of Identity Change

КАЛЕНДАРНАЯ ОБРЯДНОСТЬ ВОСТОЧНОСЛАВЯНСКОГО НАСЕЛЕНИЯ АЛТАЙСКОГО КРАЯ В 1940-х – 1960-х гг. КАК РЕЗУЛЬТАТ ТРАНСФОРМАЦИИ ЭТНОКУЛЬТУРНОГО САМОСОЗНАНИЯ

Based on the materials of 2013–2023 field studies conducted by the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, the article examines the features of the winter-spring calendrical rites of the East Slavic population of Altai Krai in the 1940s – 1960s. The author identifies innovations in a number of customs and rites that arose as a result of the adaptation of traditional culture to the modernization of life and Soviet cultural policy. It is conclude that during the period under review significant transformations occurred in the calendrical rites of the population, which led to the changes in ethnocultural identity.