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Peer reviewedAdams, 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
Peer reviewedWhitbourne, Susan Krauss; Waterman, Alan S. – Developmental Psychology, 1979
A partial sequential design was used to study personality development over a 10-year-period. Data on the Inventory of Psychosocial Development were collected from: a sample of college students in 1966; the same sample as alumni in 1976; and a sample of undergraduates in 1976. (JMB)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age, Cohort Analysis
Peer reviewedThomae, Hans – Human Development, 1979
Summarizes the major forms of cross-cultural research on personality development and discusses their contribution to developmental research. Also discusses some major issues in research on acculturation. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Sectional Studies
Peer reviewedWoodruff, Diana S.; Birren, James E. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Authors suggest that separating the effects of age changes and cohort differences in personality can add new dimensions to the existing body of developmental literature on personality. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedHoltzman, W. H. – Human Development, 1979
Reviews the research methods, design, and main findings of the Austin-Mexico City cross-cultural study of personality and intellectual development using an overlapping longitudinal design. A span of 12 years of development was extrapolated from six years of repeated testing with children ages 6, 9, and 12 years. (SS)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Style, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies
