Cognitive and social interactional characteristics of ego identity statuses in college males.

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The development of ego identity is proposed to be a condition of cognitive factors expressed in, and reciprocally modified by, different styles of social interaction. Among 99 young males (mean age 22 yrs 1 mo), identity statuses were determined by interview, cognitive complexity was assessed using the Paragraph Completion Test, and social interactional styles were determined via R. F. Bales's (1951) interaction process analysis of small group discussions of moral dilemma. Results show that higher levels of integrative complexity were associated with higher identity statuses. Characteristic social interactional patterns of high-identity status Ss (achievements and moratoriums) were cooperation and facilitation. Some foreclosure Ss showed antagonistic response patterns, whereas others adopted an acquiescent stance. Both styles were functionally equivalent in terms of serving to defend strongly held belief systems against threats of disconfirmation. (45 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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