15 Facts About James Marcia

James Marcia previously taught at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada and the State University of New York at Buffalo in Upstate New York.

James Marcia is active in clinical private practice, clinical psychology supervision, community consultation, and international clinical-developmental research and teaching.

James Marcia explored different subjects including history, English, and philosophy, but he graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.

James Marcia received master's and doctoral degrees from Ohio State University, both in clinical psychology.

James Marcia began his professional career teaching at the University at Buffalo.

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James Marcia then worked at Simon Fraser University where he taught for 30 years before retiring.

James Marcia plays the trombone with symphony orchestras after having attended the University of British Columbia for performance in music from 1995 to 1998.

James Marcia is perhaps best known for his extensive research and writings on psychological development, with specific attention focused on adolescent psychosocial development and lifespan identity development.

James Marcia elaborated on Erikson's proposal in a citation classic by suggesting this stage consists neither of identity resolution nor identity confusion as Erikson claimed, but is better understood as the extent to which one has both explored and committed to an identity in a variety of life domains including politics, occupation, religion, intimate relationships, friendships, and gender roles.

James Marcia defined a crisis as a time of upheaval where old values or choices are being reexamined and new alternatives are explored - 'times during adolescence when the individual seems to be actively involved in choosing among alternative occupations and beliefs'.

James Marcia developed the Identity Status Interview, a method of semi-structured interview for psychological identity research, that investigates an individual's extent of exploration and commitment across different life areas.

James Marcia saw the evidence for the endorsement of authoritarian values by foreclosures as fully commensurate with a view of them as becoming the alter egos of their parents.

James Marcia stressed that once an identity crisis has been experienced, returning to the foreclosure status was no longer a possibility.

Once a crisis has been experienced and worked through, James Marcia considered, "a likely progression would be from diffusion through moratorium to identity achievement".

James Marcia found some evidence to support his "theoretical description of S[tudent]s who have achieved an identity as having developed an internal, as opposed to external, locus of self-definition".