title: A study of introspectiveness in adolescents and young adults.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between introspectiveness and the theoretically related variables of close friend solidarity, self-esteem, and symptom patterns in early, middle, and late adolescents, as well as in young adults. Samples of early (n = 103), middle (n = 107), and late adolescents (n = 101) as well as young adults (n = 70) completed the Introspectiveness Scale, the Close Friend Solidarity Instrument, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Symptom Pattern Scale in classroom settings. Hypotheses were tested using Pearson correlations, with a one-tailed test of significance. Introspectiveness was statistically, significantly, and positively related to close friend solidarity in all adolescents but not in young adults; introspectiveness was statistically, significantly, and inversely related to self-esteem in all adolescents but not in young adults. Finally, introspectiveness was statistically, significantly, and positively related to symptom patterns in all adolescents and in young adults.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yarcheski
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Mahon
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Yarcheski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010379:Peer Group; D011581:Psychological Tests; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012649:Self Concept