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Gnagey, William J. – Adolescence, 1980
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Motivation
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Smith, Patricia E.; And Others – Adolescence, 1984
Examined similarities and differences in like-sex and unlike-sex parent-adolescent modeling. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories were administered to 59 emotionally disturbed adolescents and their mothers. Results showed that the mother-daughter profiles were very similar but the mother-son profiles were dissimilar. The mother-daughter…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Disturbances, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
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Meeus, Wim; Dekovic, Maja – Adolescence, 1995
Dutch adolescents, ages 12 to 14, completed the Utrect-Groningen Identity Development Scale, which encompasses separate scales for commitment in exploration for relational, school, and occupational identity. Results show that relational identity becomes consistently stronger as adolescents age, and that for girls, relational identity is much more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Career Choice, Higher Education
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Hummel, Raymond; Roselli, Linda L. – Adolescence, 1983
Studied the relationship between identity status and academic achievement in female adolescents (N=20), based on the theories of Erikson and Marcia. Scoring of interviews suggested that experience and working through crises in beliefs were more closely associated with academic achievement and identity than specific commitments to career or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Career Choice
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Rust, James O.; McCraw, Anne – Adolescence, 1984
Examined interrelationships among masculinity-femininity, self-esteem, and peer acceptance in Black and White public high school students (N=195). Results indicated that among both males and females, an androgynous or masculine identity was associated with higher levels of self-esteem. Black students had significantly higher levels of self-esteem…
Descriptors: Femininity, High School Students, High Schools, Masculinity
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Morgan, Elyse; Farber, Barry A. – Adolescence, 1982
Evaluates the effects of expanding sex-role alternatives on the passage of American middle-class women through the Eriksonian model of identity achievement. Contrasts contemporary norms regarding appropriate feminine roles with the more constricted social expectations of Erikson's time. Discusses validity of Erikson's original model of female…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Behavior Standards, Females, Interpersonal Relationship