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Meeus, Wim; Van de Schoot, Rens; Klimstra, Theo; Branje, Susan – Developmental Psychology, 2011
We examined change and stability of the 3 personality types identified by Block and Block (1980) and studied their links with adjustment and relationships. We used data from a 5-wave study of 923 early-to-middle and 390 middle-to-late adolescents, thereby covering the ages of 12-20 years. In Study 1, systematic evidence for personality change was…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intimacy, Adolescents, Personality Change
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Schiedel, Don G.; Marcia, James E. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Male and female college students were assessed on measures of ego identity development, intimacy development, and sex role orientation. For both males and females, identity was related to masculinity; also, there were more high-intimacy females than males. This low identity-high intimacy finding in women is discussed with respect to proposed…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Femininity, Identification (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship
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Shahar, Golan; Henrich, Christopher C.; Blatt, Sidney J.; Ryan, Richard; Little, Todd D. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
A theoretical model was examined linking early adolescent interpersonal relatedness and self-definition, autonomous and controlled regulation, and negative and positive life events. Findings indicated that self-criticism predicted less positive events, whereas efficacy predicted more positive events. Effects were fully mediated by absence and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Cognitive Development, Definitions, Early Adolescents