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Peer reviewedSiomopoulos, Gregory – Adolescence, 1980
Describes a typical disturbance of affectivity in adolescent schizophrenics in which the patient relates to the people around him or her in a superficial, socially acceptable, receptionist-like manner. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Case Studies, Personality Theories
Peer reviewedOkun, Morris A.; Sasfy, Joseph H. – Adolescence, 1977
Attempts to show one way in which cognitive theories can be used to draw implications about development during adolescence. Epstein's theory of self-concept (1973) is presented along with a discussion of Piaget's formal operations stage. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedBerzonsky, Michael D. – Adolescence, 1978
Ausubel's theory of personality development in adolescence examines the role that social factors, especially parent-child relationships, play in the adolescent's struggle to find himself. An overview of this theory is presented and some parallels between it and Eriksonian theory are pointed out. Also examines some selected examples of research on…
Descriptors: Activism, Adolescents, Concept Formation, Delinquency
Peer reviewedLutwak, Nita – Adolescence, 1984
Compared three personality theories (ego development, moral development, and conceptual systems theory) in 102 college students who completed the Sentence Completion Test, This I Believe Test, and Defining Issues Test. Results indicated a significant relationship between all three pairs of theories. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Formation, Higher Education, Moral Development
Peer reviewedEnright, Robert D.; And Others – Adolescence, 1979
To assess adolescent egocentrism-sociocentrism, an instrument was devised to measure Elkind's constructs (the imaginary audience, the personal fable, and general self-absorption), plus nonsocial focuses and political focuses. Subjects were ten males and ten females each from three age groups: sixth-grade, eighth-grade, and college. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Correlation, Developmental Psychology
Peer reviewedSullivan, John L.; Minns, Daniel Richard – Adolescence, 1978
The developmental, defensive, and role-playing theories of parental identification were tested on high school seniors. Results supported the developmental (warmth) hypothesis but were inconsistent with the defensive and role-playing hypotheses. Previous studies on identification are cited. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Identification (Psychology), Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedMatter, Roxana Marie – Adolescence, 1982
Studied the extent to which the unique and typical behaviors of adolescent egocentrism are manifested by the adolescent characters in Kerr's novels. Analysis shows at least one of the egocentrism characteristics is present in each character. Because Kerr's characters are realistic they provide helpful models for adolescents and adults. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Egocentrism
Peer reviewedJohnson, James J. – Adolescence, 1969
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns
