Psychological Development and Education ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 65-72.

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Adolescent Ego Identity Status Development and Its Relations with Parenting Authoritativeness and Identity Style

WANG Shu-qing1, CHEN Hui-chang2, SHI Meng3   

  1. 1. Psychology Department, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Jinan 250022;
    2. Institute of Development Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. College of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715
  • Online:2008-04-15 Published:2008-04-15

Abstract: This study investigated adolescents. ego identity status development and the relations among parenting authoritativeness, identity style and ego identity status on 1233 adolescents ranging from middle school to university, using the revised Extend Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status22, Identity Style Inventory23 and Parenting Style Questionnaire. The results indicated as follows: (1) a progressive developmental trend was found on adolescents. identity statuses from junior middle school to senior middle school. There are no significant difference on percentage of four identity statuses between senior middle school and university; (2) Male college students were more on the identity achievement status than female college students. (3) Parenting authoritativeness had both direct and indirect influences on identity statuses. Indirect influences were moderated by informational identity style and diffuse identity style.

Key words: adolescent, ego identity, ego identity status, identity style, parenting authoritativeness

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