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Taiwanese adolescent cognitive autonomy and identity development: The relationship of situational and agential factors
Author(s) -
Lee ChienTi,
Beckert Troy E.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207594.2011.572972
Subject(s) - psychosocial , situational ethics , autonomy , psychology , erikson's stages of psychosocial development , developmental psychology , identity (music) , adolescent development , cognition , social psychology , psychotherapist , physics , neuroscience , political science , acoustics , law
Taiwanese professionals have adopted information about adolescent psychosocial development from Western societies. However, scholars know little about whether they have properly applied the models to both rural and urban youth. The purpose of this study was to examine the development of cognitive autonomy and ego identity in Taiwanese adolescents from Taipei City and surrounding rural counties. We controlled for gender and examined both situational (residential location, family income, and school type) and agential factors (culture value affiliation, attachment, and resiliency) to determine the extent to which each predicted psychosocial developmental outcomes. Among all the factors in this study, resiliency had the most distinctive relationship with adolescent psychosocial development. Each factor successfully predicted specific aspects of psychosocial development for these youth. We conclude with a discussion of the utility of using Western models of development.