(3) achievement or foreclosure in the career but not the relational
domain (labeled A/F career and representing stable commitments only
in the career domain). With respect to the remaining configurations
(i.e., all being characterized by a lack of stable commitments), we distinguished among: (4) carefree diffusion or undifferentiated in both
domains (labeled CD/U career/partner, representing individuals characterized by a lack of high investment in identity work); (5) (searching) moratorium or troubled diffusion in both domains (labeled M/TD career/
partner, representing individuals characterized by worry and rumination,
with or without tentative commitment and/or purposeful exploration);
(6) carefree diffusion or undifferentiated in the career domain and moratorium or troubled diffusion in the relational domain (labeled CD/U career
& M/TD partner); and (7) carefree diffusion or undifferentiated in the
relational domain and moratorium or troubled diffusion in the career
domain (labeled CD/U partner & M/TD career).