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Hamachek, Don – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1990
Suggests behavioral criteria that can be used for assessing the status of self-concept and ego development in Erikson's last three psychosocial stages. Presents three tables of different behavioral expressions, each providing examples of possible behaviors and implicit attitudes related to positive and negative ego resolutions associated with last…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Psychological Patterns, Self Concept

Cooper, Terry D. – Counseling and Values, 1990
Explores significance of new reference groups for maintenance of self-esteem from standpoint of Berger's sociology of knowledge. Argues from Berger's perspective that even extremely powerful experiences of self-acceptance are in desperate need of ongoing "plausibility structure" to reinforce new sense of self. Describes implications for…
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Individual Development, Self Concept, Self Esteem

Hamachek, Don E. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1988
Suggests criteria developed within context of Erikson's first five psychosocial stages that may help in evaluating self-concept and ego development. To assess strengths and weaknesses in self's growth as it progresses through the stages, five behavioral expressions tables are presented, each illustrating possible behaviors and implicit attitudes…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Evaluation Criteria, Individual Development, Models

Swensen, Clifford H. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
Describes a general model within which various techniques of counseling and psychotherapy may be integrated. This model is based on Lewin's formula, that is, behavior is a function of the person and the environment. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Counseling, Counselors, Environmental Influences

McNamara, Kathleen; Rickard, Kathryn M. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1989
Discusses implications of the Downing and Roush (1985) feminist identity development model for feminist therapy with women. Describes potential pitfalls of feminist therapy and emergent issues at subsequent stages of client's identity development. Proposes research agenda for hypothesis testing of model when applied to therapy with women clients.…
Descriptors: Females, Feminism, Individual Development, Models

Royce, Joseph R.; Powell, Arnold – Impact of Science on Society, 1983
Presents an overview of the evolving conception of the nature of individual personality, showing how self-images emerge out of style-and-value commitments. Considers interactive relations between individual and society and the possible images of humankind that stem from societal style and value commitments. (JN)
Descriptors: Individual Development, Individual Psychology, Personality, Personality Development

Gainor, Kathy A.; Forrest, Linda – Career Development Quarterly, 1991
Multiple self-referent model provides comprehensive framework for understanding aspects of self-concept formation in African-American women and has implications for understanding career development issues for Black women. Uses excerpts from recorded interviews and autobiographical writings of four well-known African-American women to illustrate…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development

Cote, James; Reker, Gary T. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1979
Results partially support the hypothesis that the cognitive structure of in crisis statuses is characterized by higher levels of differentiation and articulation compared with the resolution status. Findings indicate that a synthesis of aspects of cognitive and ego psychology is highly desirable. (Author)
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Processes, Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries

Miller, Mark J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1988
Asserts career counseling too often is associated with objective test scores and rational decision making. Reiterates the importance of considering the client's developing self-concept in career counseling. Provides sample client centered career counseling session. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Objectives, Counselor Client Relationship

Cote, James E. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1986
Presents an Eriksonian analysis of the impact of traditionalism and feminism on the identity formation of university-attending women and postulates four "identity strategies": traditionalism, ambivalent semi-traditionalism, confident semi-traditionalism, and feminism. Describes a study assessing the reliability and validity of an…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries

Bond, Trudy Thomas – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1982
Suggests the development of a personal identity for the female client depends on characteristics of the counselor. Characteristics include: (1) the counselor's resolution of personal values concerning women; (2) resolution of these values evidenced in the counselor's own behavior; and (3) therapy orientation incorporating the first two elements.…
Descriptors: Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship, Females, Individual Development

Snow, Linda J. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1981
Describes a group counseling program with four basic goals: (1) to provide a comfortable atmosphere for college women to discuss sexual issues and concerns; (2) to provide understanding of the physical aspects of female sexual functioning; (3) to confront attitudes and myths; and (4) to encourage a positive self-concept. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Females, Group Counseling, Group Instruction

Smollar, Jacqueline – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Reviews the history and causes of homeless children in the United States from early 19th century to the present. Explores four characteristics necessary for positive developmental pathways that are compromised for children who live on the street: sense of industry and competency, feeling connected to others and society, sense of control of one's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Competence

Cabral, Albert C.; Salomone, Paul R. – Career Development Quarterly, 1990
Stresses need for model of career decision making that recognizes both normative and chance influences. Discusses role of chance on adult development, ways in which people attempt to understand impact of chance events, and influence of personal characteristics on coping with chance. Summarizes meaning of chance, effects on client decision making,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Planning

Noam, Gil G. – Journal of Moral Education, 1988
Proposes a new theory of self, based on the principles defined by Lawrence Kohlberg in his theory of moral development. The model sets forth self complexity (schemata) and biography (themata) as dimensions of self. Describes normal and atypical development arising from interaction of these components and assesses implications for practice. (KO)
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Child Psychology, Children, Emotional Development
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