This paper briefly reviews various conceptions of adolescence, particularly Erikson's theories of identity development. It reports a study of Canadian high school females, classified as open/moratorium, closed/foreclosed, or diffuse. Characteristics of each of these student types are outlined and implications for education and counseling are…

This module on assessing students' personal characteristics is one of a set of seven on vocational students and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum intended for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education.…