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Drive to Work - The Question We Never Ask That Could Change Everything

Drive to Work - The Question We Never Ask That Could Change Everything

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Your kid might have the fullest schedule in their class and still have almost no internal sense of who they are because exposure to experiences doesn't build self-knowledge; processing them does. This episode is about the one question that converts a résumé into an identity. Let's talk about what you're actually building.

This episode draws in part on research in:

  • Identity formation as a developmental spectrum — from identity achievement to identity diffusion and their long-term outcomes (Marcia, 1966; Luyckx et al., 2008, 2011)
  • Longitudinal associations between identity diffusion in adolescence and anxiety, resilience, and external validation dependence in adulthood (Luyckx, Goossens & Soenens, 2006; Luyckx et al., 2008)
  • Growth-themed autobiographical memory, narrative identity, and psychological coherence (Bauer, McAdams & Sakaeda, 2005)
  • Narrative identity construction and its role in adult well-being and self-direction (McAdams, 2001, 2008)
  • Autonomy development and internal locus of control as predictors of self-directed decision-making (Deci & Ryan, 2000; Rotter, 1966)
  • High-achievement parenting environments and the tension between external performance scaffolding and identity formation (Luthar & Becker, 2002)


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