Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/identitydevelopmOOweil IDENTITYDEVELOPMENTINADOLESCENCE MarieC.Weil SeniorHonorsThesis DepartmentofPsychology SweetBriarCollege SweetBriar,VA 24595 Faculty Advisor: Dr. Susan E. Beers Defense: May2, 1994 CONTENTS Approval iv Acknowledgments v List oftables vi Abstract vii 1. Literature Review A. Introduction to the chapter 1 B. Theearlyroots ofidentitytheory L Freudian identity theory 1 2. Erikson's theory ofidentity development 3 3. The research ofJames Marcia 5 C. Identityformationinwomen 1. Criticisms ofmale-dominatedearly theories 8 2. Josselson's research 11 D. Recentresearch withanemphasisonfindingsaboutconflict,familyrelationships, and gender 14 E. Conclusions and hypotheses 21 2. Methods A. Subjects 22 B. Materials 22 1. TheRevisedVersionoftheExtendedObjectiveMeasureofEgoIdentityStatus 2. Parent-adolescentCommunication Scale 3. ConflictsubscaleoftheFamilyEnvironmentScale D. Procedure 23 3. Results A. Scoring 24 B. Analyses 25 4. Discussion 40 5. Conclusions 43 Appendix A, B, C 45 References 62