Background and Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the role of the Identity Status, the quality of parent-child relationship and religiosity on mental health of the first and second grades of high school students in Shahrekord city. Methods: The research method was descriptive correlational design. The statistical population of the first and seco...

Psychologists have been studying identity processes at the intrapsychic level that resemble what sociologists have noted at the macro-societal level. Specifically, using the identity capital model introduced in previous issues of this journal (Côté, Journal of Adolescence, 19, 419-430; 20, 421-437), we explore a link between the psychologically oriented identity status paradigm, and the sociolo...

Longitudinal patterns of identity formation were analyzed in a representative cohort group of Finnish men and women born in 1959 across ages 27, 36, 42, and 50. The data were drawn from the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality. Identity status (diffused, moratorium, foreclosed, achieved) from all four ages was available for 172 participants (54% females). Marcia's Identity Status Intervi...

the present study aims to assess psychological characteristics (sensation seeking and it’s components, iq, self-esteem and identity status) of prostitute women in comparison with normal women. the hypotheses of this study are as follow: 1- prostitute women tire higher than normal women in sensation seeking are. 2- prostitute’s iq is lower than whom normal women. 3- prostitute women have lower s...

What factors determine whether mixed-race individuals claim a biracial identity or a monoracial identity? Two studies examine how two status-related factors—race and social class—influence identity choice. While a majority of mixed-race participants identified as biracial in both studies, those who were members of groups with higher status in American society were more likely than those who wer...

today, identity as the most important aspect of human nature has seen its meaning transformed under the influence of postmodernist relativism, and hence, has affected women status and their identity. television, also, shapes our thought on fundamental social issues at various degrees. employing postmodernist signs, the pres

4 modes of reacting to the late adolescent identity crisis were described, measured, and validated. Criteria for inclusion in 1 of 4 identity statuses were the presence of crisis and commitment in the areas of occupation and ideology. Statuses were determined for 86 college male Ss by means of individual interviews. Performance on a stressful concept-attainment task, patterns of goal setting, a...