Peculiarities of Ego Identity Status and Correlation of Self- Estimation of 16-17 Years Old  Male and Female Teenagers Cover Image

16-17 metų paauglių vaikinų ir merginų asmenybės tapatumo brandos ypatumai bei sąsajos su savęs vertinimu
Peculiarities of Ego Identity Status and Correlation of Self- Estimation of 16-17 Years Old Male and Female Teenagers

Author(s): Lidija Kutkienė
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: teenager; ego identity status; selfestimation

Summary/Abstract: Peculiarities of ego identity status and correlation of self-estimation of 16-17 years old male and female teenagers are discussed in this article. Two methods: eomeiS - 2 personality identity status research and Self esteem Scale for measuring self estimation of a person are used in this article. There were 206 16-17 years old, 112 (54 %) female and 94 (46 %) male pupils from schools of Vilnius in research. Status of interpersonal relationships identity (friendship, sex roles, recreation and dating) is more mature than status of ideological identity (occupation, religion and politics) of 16-17 years old female and male teenagers was found out in research. Female teenagers have achieved more mature ideological identities status than male on the moratorium subscale (t = 1,89, p = 0.05). The development of ideological identities of XXI century female is becoming similar to „male model", because females orient themselves at aims and achievements Statistically significant differences were found between genders in interpersonal relationships identity on the following subscales: diffusion and foreclosure. In interpersonal relationships female are more mature, because male are more likely to have not mature ego identity states: diffusion and foreclosure. The development of female identity collides with difficult problems that are why because girls earlier and more serious consider identity problems. connections between identity and selfestima tion were found out. Hypothesis that maturity of egoidentity of female and male teenagers is connected with selfesteem was confirmed. Strong negative connection with self-esteem is a characteristic for male (p < 0.01) and female (p < 0.05) who are having a beginning diffusion identity state in their interpersonal relationships. Female that have reached state of moratorium have strong positive connections (p < 0.01) with selfesteem in field of ideology male and female teenagers experiencing initial diffusion identity state are very likely to have strong negative selfestimation. It was found out that females, which have achieved state of moratorium, do have positive connections with selfestimation.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 90
  • Page Range: 108-113
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Lithuanian