Identity diffusion is a state of having neither identity commitment nor identity exploration

Evidence

The concept of identity diffusion is based on Erikson’s101 model of psychosocial development and Marcia’s102 identity status theory and describes a state in which a person is neither committed to any form of identity nor actively trying to acquire one. Experienced as an identity crisis, identity diffusion evokes the sense of not knowing who one is, what one’s place and function is in the world, and what future directions to take in life. — Lea Echelmeyer, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Frank Weerman, The Putative Effect of Identity on…, 222

Categorization

• DEFINE: Operational definition of identity diffusion the reader must align across studies in the systematic review.
• XREF: Defines the construct the reader is cross-checking against the negative-identity mechanism. — connects to: Both personal identity diffusion and integrative life-change identities affect extremism in single unreplicated studies — Lea Echelmeyer, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Frank Weerman, The Putative Effect of Identity on…, 254

Broader Connections

• Both personal identity diffusion and integrative life-change identities affect extremism in single unreplicated studies #expands (0.78) — Lea Echelmeyer, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Frank Weerman, The Putative Effect of Identity on…, 254