Developing a Model of Social Support and Identity Styles with the Mediating Role of Self-Concept in High School Girl Students

The present study sought to develop a model of Social Support and Identity Styles with the mediating role of self-concept in Tehran high school students in 2019. This research was applied by purpose and in terms of nature, it was descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population of the study consisted of high school female students in the first and second grade of Tehran in which 310 participants were selected by cluster sampling method. Research tools were Berzonsky’s identity style, Philips’s social support, and Karami’s self-concept questionnaires. Data were analyzed with structural equation modeling by using PSS-22 and AMOS-24 software. The results showed that social support had not any significant relationship with identity styles in high school girl students. Self-concept in girl students is positively correlated with commitment and information identity styles and negatively with confused identity styles. Finally, it was found that self-concept positively mediates the relationship between social support with informational and commitment identity styles, and negatively mediates the relationship between social support and diffuse-avoidance identity style, whereas its role in the relationship between social support and normative identity style could not be verified. The results of the study can be used to raise the awareness of families and educational counselors who are in direct contact with students.