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To introduce and evaluate an intensive longitudinal mixed-methods design integrating daily quantitative metrics with qualitative narratives to capture everyday identity dynamics.

August 14, 2026IdentityOpen Access

Processes and Contents: An Intensive Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Approach for Capturing Everyday Identity Formation

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AMAnna‐Maria MayerCatholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt KEKatharina EcksteinFriedrich Schiller University Jena EGElise GrunwaldFriedrich Schiller University Jena

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Intensive longitudinal study reveals that daily commitment and exploration track with diverse civic actions in youth, highlighting how daily experiences instantiate identity processes.

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To introduce and evaluate an intensive longitudinal mixed-methods design integrating daily quantitative metrics with qualitative narratives to capture everyday identity dynamics.
German adolescents and young adults (N = 135; mean age 21.23 years) completed a baseline survey followed by 14 consecutive days of daily assessments.
Daily surveys collected quantitative measures of identity processes (commitment, exploration, reconsideration) and open-ended qualitative narrative descriptions of behaviors.
Qualitative narratives were deductive–inductively content coded and evaluated alongside quantitative measures using Bayesian multilevel modeling for within- and between-person associations.
Civic identity content varied widely across participants, frequently centering on interpersonal discussions and apolitical actions.
On days with higher commitment or exploration, participants were more likely to report identity-relevant experiences and demonstrate more diverse behaviors.
Daily reconsideration was not significantly related to the reporting of identity-relevant experiences or behavioral diversity.

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Mayer et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec69fb70b84ec8b912c79 https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2026.2715511

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Intensive longitudinal study reveals that daily commitment and exploration track with diverse civic actions in youth, highlighting how daily experiences instantiate identity processes.

Processes and Contents: An Intensive Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Approach for Capturing Everyday Identity Formation

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