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This study aimed to explore the predictive ability of attachment to parents and peers, and emotion regulation in identity statuses during adolescence; The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire from and the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status Scale were applied on (838) students at university of Jordan. The results reveal that: the levels of attachment to parents and peers, and the emotion regulation are at medium levels, and most of the students were classified in low profile moratorium status. Regarding Marcia’ statuses; foreclosure status was the highest then achieved status followed by the moratorium, and the least was diffusion status. Parental attachment reveals between (0.041-0.113) from identity statuses. All the domains of attachment to parents predicted the foreclosure statue. Attachment to peers reveals between (0.051-0.162) from identity statuses. And all the domains of attachment to peers predicted the diffusion and foreclosure statuses. Emotion regulation reveals between (0.086-0.201) from identity statuses. All the domains of deregulation can predict diffusion status. Regarding the difference in the relationships in the perspective of gender the results revealed that there are differences in the relationship between the attachment to parents and foreclosure status in favor of female and moratorium status in favor of male, and there are differences between attachment to peers and achieved status in favor of female and moratorium status in favor of male. Moreover, there are differences in the relationship between emotion regulation and moratorium status in favor of male. (Author’s abstract)