Personality structure and identity status in women as viewed through early memories
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Vol. 11 (4) , 293-299
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01537171
Abstract
Early memories were obtained from women in the four identity status categories and rated for developmental level in an effort to assess deeper aspects of personality development that underlie identity formation. In contrast to some previous research which has found similarities between Achievement and Foreclosure women and between Moratorium and Diffusion women, this study found that Moratorium women show greater ego development in contrast to the Foreclosures. Achievement women were found to blend aspects of both Foreclosure and Moratorium patterns, suggesting that their approach to identity formation may be through a form of rapprochement.Keywords
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