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Schwartz, Seth J.; Montgomery, Marilyn J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2002
Examined the effects of variations in acculturation and gender on identity processes and outcomes in a sample of 357 students at a culturally diverse university. Results indicate that the processes underlying identity development are consistent across variations in acculturation and gender. Supplemental analyses revealed effects of acculturation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Diversity (Student), Higher Education

Waterman, Caroline K.; Nevid, Jeffrey S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1977
One hundred forty college students were interviewed to determine stages of ego identity regarding occupation, religion, politics, and premarital sex. The students were assigned to one of J. E. Marcia's four ego identity statuses, defined in terms of crisis and commitment. Male-female differences were found in sexual identity status. (GDC)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Individual Development, Interviews
Jordan-Cox, Carmen A. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1987
Reports developmental differences among students at traditionally Black institutions on the Student Developmental Task Inventory. Discusses the effects of sex, academic classification, and collegiate environment. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Higher Education, Individual Development

Horst, Elisabeth A. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1995
A number of writers have argued that Erikson's stages of identity and intimacy do not address the experience of women accurately. This article contends that such claims come out of a serious misreading of Erikson's work, and shows that the stages as they stand are not incompatible with the idea that there are relational components of identity…
Descriptors: Criticism, Females, Feminism, Gender Issues
Hood, Albert B.; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1986
Students studied over a 4-year period showed that growth on ego identity occurred not as freshmen but primarily during the upperclass years. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Development

Lucas, Margaretha – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1997
Examines how career development and psychological separation from parents relates to identity development. Career development variables predicted degree of identity exploration and identity commitment for both men and women. Women scored lower on functional and emotional independence, suggesting that they viewed themselves as being less…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Development
Buri, John R.; And Others – 1987
Parents are the primary agents in the development and definition of the self. Previous research has reported nurturance as the most notable parental factor in global self-esteem. This study examined the relationship of parental nurturance to self-esteem for the first time with subjects older than high school students. College students (N=333)…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Individual Development, Parent Child Relationship

Dyk, Patricia H.; Adams, Gerald R. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1990
The relationship between identity and intimacy development was studied using 71 male and 71 female college students over a 5-week period using 3 theoretical models reflecting possible gender distinctions. Cross-lag panel correlation investigated the validity of the models. Evidence in support of the models is evaluated. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Femininity

Macalister, Heather E. – Adolescence, 1999
Reviews literature on changes that occur in students after taking women's studies classes. Changes include self-expression, sense of commitment and responsibility, critical thinking, empowerment, and acknowledgement of diversity. Review determined that students become more liberal in their attitudes toward women, and experience an increase in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Students, Course Objectives, Feminism

Biggs, Donald A.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1977
In a sample of 767 freshmen at the University of Minnesota, those with low principled morality scores compared to those with high scores had lower mean contemporary-cultural, artistic, literary, and academic-conceptual precollege experience score. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Individual Development
Golde, Chris – Campus Activities Programming, 1987
The data about women students in leadership positions are summarized, as well as information about gender differences in leadership. Suggestions for ways to use this information are provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Evaluation, Females, Higher Education

Killen, Melanie – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1996
Discusses care in relation to the Gilligan-Kohlberg debate, reviewing issues of gender and racial differences. Notes the "caring" professions are predominantly female. Uses examples from recent narrative and interpretive studies to address changing social contexts, caregivers and care recipients, and care's limitations and possibilities…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Individual Development, Justice

Vasta, Ross; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1993
Four experiments examined sources of gender differences routinely found on the water-level spatial test. Undergraduates' errors offered no evidence that less accurate responses by females than males reflected a less developed Piagetian spatial system, and that females' requisite motor skills were poorer than those of males. (MM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Higher Education, Individual Development, Perceptual Development

Pastorino, Ellen; Dunham, Richard M.; Kidwell, Jeannie; Bacho, Roderick; Lamborn, Susie D. – Adolescence, 1997
Examines gender differences in domain-specific areas of identity development among college youth (N=210). Also explores gender comparisons of relationships among domains. Results indicate that males were more likely to explore and commit in politics, whereas females were more likely to explore in sex roles and to commit in religion and dating.…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Gender Issues, Higher Education
Jackson, Dorothy J. – 1984
Graduates' perceptions of their education and their success in the marketplace can provide measures of institutional effectiveness. To assess graduates' attitudes towards their education and to determine their career status and vocational success, 1,213 University of Houston graduates were sent a survey questionnaire. An analysis of the results…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Careers, College Graduates, Employment Level