Social Identification with Family and Friends in Emerging Adulthood: Disentangling Within- and Between-Person Associations with Psychosocial Adjustment

Savaş Karataş, Nesteren Gazioğlu, Aylin Duzen, Beatrice Bobba, Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, Department of Education and Pedagogy, Educational Psychology , Socialization and Culture Research Group, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Couple and Family Therapy, Satir Human Development and Family Therapy Institute, Independent Researcher, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Department of Youth , Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Emerging Adulthood

Published online on June 29, 2026

Abstract

Emerging Adulthood, Ahead of Print.
Social identification with family and friends may offer beneficial consequences for psychosocial adjustment. This three-wave longitudinal study with approximately three-month intervals between successive time points aimed to investigate whether social ...