Toward the development of an objective assessment of ego-identity status
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Vol. 8 (2), 223-237
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02087622
Abstract
Four investigations were completed to develop a self-report measure of ego-identity status. Following James Marcia's definition of diffusion, moratorium, foreclosure, and identity achievement status, a series of Likert-type items were constructed and validated for use in the study of ego-identity formation. Convergent-divergent, concurrent, and predictive validity and test-retest reliability are documented in the reported data. Cross-sectional data suggest the measure will be sensitive to intraindividual change in identity formation. The new Objective Measure of Ego-Identity Status allows researchers to use either a "typology" or a "distribution of stage responses" in future longitudinal investigations.Keywords
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