Families and schools are traditionally seen as substantial socialization agents forming adolescents' social values and their views of society. Special attention is paid to the question whether the relative importance of these influences remains stable in times of major social changes. In this study, two different generations of Czech middle…

Similarly to other European countries, in the Czech Republic scholars can identify a developmental stage of emerging adulthood. There has been a lack of studies describing subjective feelings and personal everyday experiences of young Czechs at this age. Results of the quantitative Study 1 indicate that two thirds of respondents experience the…

This study investigated hypothesized relationships among identity process, content, and structure with youth in the United States, Finland, and the Czech Republic. Findings indicated that youth who used an informational identity processing style had well-structured identities rooted in personal self-elements. Youth using a normative processing…