Identity Issues Inventory: Self Analysis

Honestly, looking at myself over the past few years I feel like I have changed quite a bit. While other times, I feel like I have not changed one bit. So being able to describe the specific moments where I feel as though I changed is a real challenge. This is mostly due to these changes were not directly explicit. Most of it, I think was through an implicit gradual change, based reflection on how I dealt with certain life events. Due to this, I have recognized that I am still through my psychosocial moratorium. However, from the Identity Issues Inventory, also known as the I3, developed by Côté and Roberts (2006), this transitions in my person were much easier to see. I was able to recognize that my ability in differentiation and world-view has changed the most. The I3, it is separated into four domains: Integration, Differentiation, Work-roles, and Worldview. Each that is broken down into specific statements which the person then scales to how much they agree to it. Upon reviewing the I3, I was reminded of moments in my life that I would often find myself connecting to, and whether or not I still felt the same way as I may of then. The first domain in which I initially identified with was “Differentiation”. This is the …show more content…
That all that mattered was that you were “cool” or that the cute boy in math class liked you. Looking back, it almost makes me laugh at the tiny worries that used to consume my thoughts. That despite anything else that might be going on, these were the BIG issues. Times where I would be mad at my parents because they “just don't get it”. A perspective that has since changed immensely. In the reflection of the domain of “Worldview”, it truly identified just how ignorant my thoughts at this time was. The main focus of this domain is the ability to realize that the world is much bigger than your own person. (Côté & Roberts,