title: Becoming European: Mid- and Short-Term Development of a European Identity among Adolescents
abstract: Within Europe, European identity formation is considered is important, as it is linked to EU support. To understand whether and how adolescents identify with Europe, we examined three processes of identity formation commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment) on a short- and mid-term time scale, and their interrelations. A total of 371 German adolescents (Mage = 14.24, SDage = 0.55, 60.37% females) participated in a longitudinal study and in a ten-day daily diary study. 