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Harrow, Martin – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1976
This article also serves as a rejoinder to TM 502 436, focusing mainly on Kagan's second and third themes: continuity between stages of development and resilience of human cognitive growth. (DEP)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Experience, Personality Development
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Cote, James E.; Levine, Charles – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1988
The results of an empirical investigation with 122 university students are discussed in terms of J. E. Marcia's identity status paradigm. E. H. Erikson's notions of institutionalized moratoria, value orientation stages, and the ego-superego struggle for dominance of the personality are related to the identity status categories to the degree that…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Individual Development, Personality Development, Self Concept
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Moore, DeWayne; Hotch, Deborah F. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1982
Among late adolescent males, parental divorce was highly related to Emotional separation as a home-leaving indicator; for females, being a firstborn was associated with Personal Control as a home-leaving indicator. These findings supported previous research indicating that males experience more adjustment problems after parental divorce than…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Divorce, Parent Child Relationship
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Olds, Jacqueline; Harrison, Alexandra M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1982
Children's religious ideas can provide relevant projective material in psychiatric evaluation, sometimes revealing information about parental introjects, superego and defense formation levels and anxiety areas. Frequently ignored, the material can be a useful adjunct when evaluative techniques give an incomplete picture. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Children, Personality Development
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Ginsberg, Sheila D.; Orlofsky, Jacob L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1981
The relationship of identity status to ego development and locus of control in college women was examined. Identity statuses did not differ significantly in self-reported locus of control, but did differ on the "depth" measure of ego development. Identity achievers were more advanced in ego development. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Conformity, Females, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology)
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Adams, Gerald R.; Shea, Judy A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
A comparison of identity status, locus of control, and ego stage development was completed using 294 college students. Identity achievement students were found to be more advanced in their ego stage development and level of internality, while diffusion students were less advanced. No evidence was found for intraindividual development. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Correlation, Cross Sectional Studies, Developmental Stages, Higher Education
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Aarkrog, Tove – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1977
The symptoms of, and possible treatments for 21 borderline and psychotic adolescents who had suffered from borderline psychoses in childhood were examined from a developmental point of view. It was concluded that therapeutic possibilities exist. Some childhood symptoms could be used directly in treatment, while others disappeared with general…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Therapy, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children
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Hodgson, James W.; Fischer, Judith L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
College males and females were given measures of identity status, intimacy status, and self-esteem. Males were found to focus on intrapersonal aspects of identity, females on interpersonal aspects. The pursuit of various identity development pathways affected self-esteem differentially each sex. Sex differences in intimacy were also found.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Personality Development, Personality Measures
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Greenberger, Ellen; Sorensen, Aage B. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1974
Model outlines three dimensions of maturity likely to be relevant in all societies: (1) Capacity to function on one's own, (2) Capacity to interact with others, (3) Capacity to contribute to social cohesion. Nine attributes pertinent to these capacities are defined. Problems in the measurement of psychosocial maturity are discussed. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Educational Assessment, Individual Development, Maturation
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Pomerantz, Sheryl Carroll – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
Interrelationships of physical self-satisfaction, self-esteem, and identity, and their ability to predict satisfaction with an individual's social milieu were investigated. Prediction patterns yielded no differences between grades 8, 10, and 12. Self-esteem was the best predictor for males; identity and physical self-satisfaction for females.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Body Image, Personality Development
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LaVoie, Joseph C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1976
Assumed determinants of ego identity were investigated using high school students. The Marcia Ego Identity Status Scale was given as well as measures of sex role identification, personality development, psychological functioning, self concept, and parental socialization practices. Overall, the data supported Erikson's theory of ego identity…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Identification (Psychology), Individual Development
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Josselson, Ruthellen; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1977
Phenomenological and psychodynamic differences between girls who score at the high and low extremes of the Psychosocial Maturity Inventory are explored. Ability to tolerate anxiety and the developmental use of interpersonal relationships are discussed as central to identity formation among these girls. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Females, Interpersonal Relationship
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Redmore, Carolyn Denison; Loevinger, Jane – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
Adolescents from one inner-city, two suburban, and one private school were tested using the Washington University Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development. Both test-retest correlations and change scores supported the hypothesized sequence of ego development. Significant correlation between ego level and intelligence occurred in two schools.…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence, Longitudinal Studies
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Snarey, John; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
It was hypothesized that adolescent females experience greater sex role strain than other kibbutz members. Loevinger's ego development test was administered to 40 kibbutz members. The findings supported the hypothesis and showed that adult women are significantly more likely to focus their dissatisfaction in the area of actual role behavior. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Females, High Schools
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Kulka, Richard A.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1982
Findings indicate that (1) boys who more frequently break school rules and engage in aggressive or deviant behavior may often come to have more negative attitudes toward school staff and less involvement in school; and (2) student involvement and participation in school life can influence certain aspects of adolescent personality. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Educational Experience, High Schools, Influences, Longitudinal Studies
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