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The Developmental Factors of Identity Strategies Variation among Schooled Central African Adolescent Refugees in the East-Region of Cameroon

Open Journal of Educational Research | Vol 1, Issue 1

Table 2. Age in the construction of identity strategies among Central Africanrefugee adolescents and their socio-emotional adaptation

IndicatorsAverage/Standard deviation
12 to 14 years old
(n = 17)
15 to 18 years old
(n = 167 )
z-testProbability
(p)

Identity Strategies
Self redefinition8.35/3.288.49/3.66-0.149.002
Self-display9.12/3.877.92/3.431.346.041
Self repair6.88/3.677.06/3.45-0.201.043
Self/other cancellation6.18/3.185.37/4.160.777.002

Emotion Regulatory Strategies
Revaluation29.53/8.3428.14/7.750.695.003
Deletion16.82/6.4217.27/5.99-0.291.010

Cognitive Coping of Emotuion
Adaptive63.13/4.9765.47/5.37-0.515.001
Not adaptive35.44/644.85/5.25-2.605.031