Vocational Identity Status

Also known as: VISA framework · Vocational identity development

Integration of Marcia's identity status theory with vocational development. It identifies six process dimensions — commitment making, identification with commitment, in-breadth exploration, in-depth exploration, self-doubt and flexibility — that together describe where a person stands in forming a vocational identity, from diffusion through moratorium and foreclosure to achievement.

Source:

Porfeli, E. J., Lee, B., Vondracek, F. W., & Weigold, I. K. (2011). A multi-dimensional measure of vocational identity status. Journal of Adolescence, 34(5), 853-871.

DOI:

10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.02.001