A Revision of the Extended Version of the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status: An Identity Instrument for Use with Late Adolescents

1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Layne D. Bennion ◽  
Gerald R. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Objective Measure ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Extended Version ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Ego Identity Status

Differences in Cognitive Complexity of Adolescents with Foreclosed and Achieved Identity Status

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1093-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean M. Low
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Complexity ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Extended Version ◽  
Ego Identity Status ◽  
Sense Of Identity

The purpose of this study was to assess whether the complexity of the self-concept differs based on identity status in late adolescence. Adolescents in the achieved status have a strong sense of identity that has emerged following an intense period of exploration. Adolescents in the foreclosed status also have a strong sense of identity, but they have never been through a period of exploration. It was expected that adolescents in the achieved status would have more complex self-concepts than those in the foreclosed status. 62 university students were classified into the achieved or foreclosed identity status based on their scores on the Extended Version of the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status–2. They then completed a trait sort to measure the complexity of their self-concepts. Complexity scores were calculated based on the H statistic, an index of dispersion derived from information theory. The results were as expected. Possible structural changes underlying the process of developing identity are presented, and the usefulness of structural self-concept models for studying development of identify is examined.

Ego Identity Status and Family Environment: A Correlational Study

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1203-1212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor W. Willemsen ◽  
Kristin K. Waterman
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Women's Identity ◽  
Ego Identity Status ◽  
Identity Achievement ◽  
The Relationship

The study reported here investigated the relationship between individuals' perceptions of their families' functioning and of their own emerging identity. Individuation from the parents is closely intertwined with identity formation; families supportive of young people's separation and individuation more often have identity-achieved young people. 83 college students responded to an assessment of their perceptions of their families in 10 areas related to goals, separateness of family members, and over-all functioning. They also responded to the Extended Version of the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status of Bennion and Adams. Correlations among family dimensions and the identity status scales indicate family factors were related to identity status in the following ways: Little conflict predicted the foreclosure identity status for both sexes. Identity achievement is related to aspects of family functioning differently for the two sexes. Indeed, gender-related aspects of family functioning best predict identity status. Valuing independence and achievements predicts men's identity achievement and emotional expression predicts women's identity achievement. Lack of family integration is related to the diffusion status in both sexes.

Ego Identity Status in Cross-Cultural Context: A Replication Study

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lene Stegarud ◽  
Beate Solheim ◽  
Maya Karlsen ◽  
Jane Kroger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Free Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Ego Identity Status

The purpose was to replicate research by Jensen, Kristiansen, Sandbekk, and Kroger. In that 1998 study, patterns of identity development were examined for late adolescents raised in the mixed liberal welfare-state economic system of Norway compared with late adolescents raised in the free-market economic system of the United States. In the present study, scores for ego identity status were examined for a further sample of 58 (38 women, 20 men) Norwegian and 1,498 (814 women, 684 men) American undergraduate students using the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status-2. Present results were consistent with those of Jensen, et al., which found Norwegian students to score consistently lower on extent of exploration and of commitment than American students. This study provides further evidence that in late adolescence, Norwegian students may undergo greater moderation in identity exploration and commitment processes than their United States peers. Findings are discussed in the light of social, political, and economic differences between the two nations.

Ego identity status research in the new millennium

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Kroger
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Complete Understanding ◽  
Identity Statuses ◽  
The Past ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Ego Identity Status ◽  
New Millennium

The present brief report overviews developments in the field of ego identity status research over the past 35 years and suggests directions for identity status research as we enter the new millenium. In the mid 1960s, James Marcia (1966, 1967) expanded Erik Erikson’s (1968) concept of ego identity to suggest four qualitatively different styles by which late adolescents undertake identity-deifning psychosocial commitments. Over the ensuing decades, identity status research focused primarily on validating the identity statuses and finding associated personality correlates, examining patterns of change over time, and investigating familial communication patterns associated with each of the identity positions. Research in the new millennium might fruitfully address the course and contents of identity beyond late adolescence as well as predictors of developmental arrest. A greater range of developmental contexts in which identity formation occurs is also in need of examination. Ultimately, an individual’s interpretation of context and further mediating events that may be associated with identity status resolutions are critical to a more complete understanding of the identity formation process.

Ego Identity Status in Cross-Cultural Context: A Comparison of Norwegian and United States University Students

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Jensen ◽  
Ingvill Kristiansen ◽  
Merete Sandbekk ◽  
Jane Kroger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
University Students ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Free Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Ego Identity Status

To examine patterns of identity development for late adolescents raised in the Norwegian mixed liberal welfare-state economic system compared with late adolescents raised in the free-market economic system of the United States, ego identity status scores and distributions were examined for 56 (37 women, 19 men). Norwegian and 1498 (814 women, 684 men) United States undergraduate university students using the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status–2. The United States sample was drawn from four geographic regions and comprised of those who had participated in prior studies performed by Adams. Significant differences were found between the two nations on all identity status subscales in the ideological and interpersonal domains for each sex. The more moderate identity status scale scores evidenced by the Norwegian sample may reflect a cultural trend toward greater moderation in the exploration and commitment process.

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