Mobile and Multicultural Aspects of Adolescent Identity Development

Overview

As mobility and multicultural exposure become increasingly prevalent in the globalized world, it becomes more important to understand their effect on how people view themselves and their place in society. Mobility and multicultural exposure have a significant impact on adolescent identity development. The purpose of this study is to investigate how these two factors influence the way adolescents approach identity development and to connect these approaches (identity processing styles) to specific aspects of mobile/non-mobile and multicultural/non-multicultural backgrounds. First, the connection between mobility, multicultural exposure, and identity processing styles is analyzed using the responses of participants-- of varying mobile and multicultural backgrounds-- to a demographics survey and the Identity Style Inventory 5 form. Then, interviews are conducted in order to obtain a more detailed picture of participants’ background. Mobility was found to have a significant correlation to identity style, with increased mobility leading to a more purposeful, open minded approach. It was also found that the introduction of mobile and multicultural factors into a person’s life leads to a more diverse, less predictable approach to identity development. This reflects the diversity of this group and the more turbulent identity formation process. Overall, there is a need for further research on identity formation in highly mobile and multicultural adolescents to identify the cause of diversity in identity approaches, and to find better ways to aid this demographic. This research is particularly relevant to this demographic in childhood and adulthood, as well as their caretakers, teachers, and healthcare providers. Chasing Bread Crumbs: How Sharing Seemingly Irrelevant Information May Prove to be a Vulnerability Anna Galeano Stuttgart High School, Stuttgart, Germany Operations Security (OPSEC) is a crucial procedure in the military to protect sensitive information. Compromise of this information is detrimental to the military and its families. Indicators provide clues as to what the critical information (CI) is and oftentimes indicators are present on open source platforms. The purpose of this student is to evaluate the vulnerability of current affiliates with the military on the social media platform LinkedIn. LinkedIn prompts the user to provide and publish their own personal information, which may serve as indicators for an adversary. Through the means of a web scraper, this data will be extracted and evaluated by a scoring system based on the OPSEC process.

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