As articulated by James Marcia, an adolescent who is in one of his four stages of identity development but has not yet experienced a crisis could be experiencing

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According to James Marcia's theory, identity diffusion describes an individual who has not yet experienced a crisis, and identity foreclosure describes an individual who has made a commitment without exploring alternatives. Therefore, an adolescent who has not yet experienced a crisis could be experiencing either identity diffusion or identity foreclosure, but cannot be in the other stages of identity development (identity moratorium or identity achievement) as they require a crisis to occur.

As Articulated by James Marcia, an Adolescent Who Is in One