A study of the relationship of identity styles and the role of identity commitment with psychological well-being among the second grader high-school students in Tabriz

The objective of this study is to investigate the role of identity styles and identity commitment on psychological well-being of students. In a cyclic investigation with 364 people (140 male & 224 female) as sample size, the identity styles and the psychological well-being questionnaires were implememted. The reliability of the questionnaires was measured through Cronbach’s Alpha. The data were Analysed through SPSS software. Using path analysis the direct and indirect effect of identity skills on identity commitment and the six scales of psychological well-being were investigated. The results showed that the informational and normal styles had the positive and significant effect on self-determination, environmental dominance, personal growth, positive relationship with others, life goal and self-acceptance. In contrast, avoidance/astray styles had negative and significant effect with aforementioned styles (P