Modified identity status interview¶

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Description¶

A modified version of Marcia's identity status interview, used in this study to classify participants into the achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, and diffusion statuses based on crisis and commitment criteria. The instrument is administered as an interview and scored against the status paradigm's two dimensions. In this study, inter-rater agreement was 75%.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Requires trained raters to score crisis and commitment criteria from interview responses; the study reports 75% inter-rater agreement.

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

College junior and senior females

Target Learning Goals¶

Classification of ego identity status (achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, diffusion)

Claims¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Van Wicklin, J. F. (1984). Ego identity status, self-esteem, social desirability, and parent-child relations in college females. Doctoral dissertation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED257546

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`id`	`identity-status-interview`
`title`	`Modified identity status interview`
`description`	`A modified version of Marcia's identity status interview, used in this study to classify participants into the achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, and diffusion statuses based on crisis and commitment criteria.`
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`generated`	by `claude/unspecified` on `2026-09-25`
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`sources`	1 — `van-wicklin-1984`

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