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Openness to Experience and Development of Adult Identity
Author(s) -
Tesch Stephanie A.,
Cameron Kathleen A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1987.tb00455.x
Subject(s) - erikson's stages of psychosocial development , openness to experience , psychology , identity (music) , psychosocial , loevinger's stages of ego development , identity formation , personality development , developmental psychology , social psychology , personality , construct (python library) , self concept , id, ego and super ego , psychotherapist , physics , computer science , acoustics , programming language
The formation of ego identity through exploration of alternatives and formation of commitments is a central issue in the transition from adolescence to adulthood (Erikson, 1959, Waterman, 1982) In 59 adults ranging in age from 18 to 30, independent identity scales were found to be positively correlated with age The construct of openness to experience was hypothesized to account for individual differences in identity development As predicted, openness to experience was positively correlated with ratings of current and past identity exploration, and negatively related to intensity of identity commitment A comparison of two methods of measuring ego identity showed that identity rating scales provide a more differentiated assessment of psychosocial development than does the identity status scoring method