title: The mediating role of interpersonal cognition on the relationships between personality and adolescent ego development.
abstract: The author investigated whether interpersonal cognition mediated the relationships between defense, social sensitivity, and ego development. Participants (N = 616; M age = 15.66 years, SD = .52 year; 276 boys) from northwestern Taiwan completed a battery of questionnaires. Structural equation modeling and mediation analyses supported the hypothesis that interpersonal cognition would mediate the path between defense and ego development, and the path between social sensitivity and ego development. Defense and social sensitivity were found to have direct effects on ego development. The study provides evidence of the mediating effect of interpersonal cognition on the association between personality and ego development.
authors.affiliation: National Chiao Tung University, Institute of Education, 1001 University Rd., HsinChu, 300 Taiwan. ylliu@mail.nctu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yih-Lan
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001364:Awareness; D002605:Character; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004532:Ego; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010553:Personality Development; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D056345:Theory of Mind