Ego development, self-perception, and self-complexity in adolescence: a study of female psychiatric inpatients.
A study of two groups of female psychiatric inpatients, differing in level of ego development, explored domains of self-perception that best predicted global self-worth and symptom clusters that best predicted second-order factors of self perception. Findings revealed quantitative and qualitative differences in self-complexities, and more positive self-perceptions among the higher ego-level group in scholastic competence, job competence, and behavioral conduct. Results are discussed from a developmental perspective.
Department of Psychology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., USA. dwevans@bucknell.edu
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D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010343:Patient Admission; D010553:Personality Development; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012925:Social Conformity