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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"adolescent identity"”.
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Asian American Adolescent Identity
The formation of ego identity in Asian American late adolescents attending Virginia Tech was examined within the frameworks of Erikson's psychosocial theory and Berry, Trimble, and Olmedo's model of acculturation. Ego identity was measured using the Achieved sub-scale of the Revised Version of the …
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The relationship between adolescent identity formation and social network site use
A majority of American adolescents use social network sites. Many adolescents access these sites multiple times a day. On these sites, adolescents engage in self-presentation by creating and managing personal profiles and by posting updates and photos. Past research has explored how much …
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Black adolescent identity development: effects of self-esteem and family structure
Black adolescent identity formation was studied within the frameworks of Erikson's psychosocial theory and structural family systems theory. Ego identity was measured by the Revised Version of the EOM-EIS, an instrument based on Erikson's theoretical formulations. Family structure was measured by …
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Adventure Recreation and Adolescent Identity Development
… a two-week adventure recreation program on early adolescent identity development. The study also investigates the influence of gender and the parent-adolescent relationship on this process. Participants in this study included 44 males and 47 females, ages 11-17 (M = 13.4, SD = 1.03), from three …
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The effects of differential attachment to mothers and fathers on adolescent identity
… to mothers and fathers on male and female identity development. A total of 135 male and 145 female late adolescents responded to the revised Inventory of Parent Attachment (Armsden & Greenberg, 1989) and the Extended Version of the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (Bennion & Adams, …
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Only a body “who nobody owns:” Adolescent identity in Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book
… guardians. While Bod is not technically an adolescent for the entire novel, he is constantly struggling with adolescent themes—primarily being in a liminal state—and the graveyard provides a heterotopian space for Bod to escape “normal” society and to develop an “othered” identity. Gaiman’s …
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The relationship between adolescent identity styles and parenting styles in one and two parent families in Botswana
… stage for any individual. The process of identity formation occurs during this stage and Erikson's theory states that adolescents' engagement in exploration, to form their own sense of identity, is influenced by environmental factors and socialization figures. Family has been one of the …
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Adolescent experience of intergroup contact in South Africa and its impact on identity development : a qualitative study
This research study presents an enquiry into adolescents' experience of the process of intergroup contact in South Africa, with a particular emphasis on the impact of such contact on adolescent identity development. A particular instance of intergroup contact is examined, namely a drama project …
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"The Only Way I Was Going to Be Lovable." A Grounded Theory of Young People's Experiences of Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
… 2006) and is estimated to affect 2.2% of the UK adolescent population (Veale, Gledhill, Christodoulou, & Hodsoll 2016). There is a dearth of research into children’s and young people’s (CYP’s) lived experiences of BDD, particularly in relation to educational contexts (Mataix-Cols et al., 2015). …
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Youth Living in Residential Care: Implications for Leisure and Identity
… in residential care, leisure engagement, and adolescent identity development. The investigation included the voices of six youth living in a residential care facility in southern Ontario. The data was collected through participant observations, semi-structured interviews, and document …
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The Educational Experiences Of Biracial Students As Seen Through The Eyes Of Their Parents
… while developing a firm sense of self and racial identity. This issue is important because of the growing number of biracial children in the U.S. today. “Among American children, the multiracial population has increased almost 50 percent, to 4.2 million, since 2000, making it the fastest growing …
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The political socialisation of youth : a comparison of private and state educated girls.
… political commitments (derived from concepts of adolescent identity development described by Erikson and Marcia). The role of socialising agents is discussed, the study focussing of the role of school experience in political socialisation. An empirical study is reported which explored the role of …
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Remembering How to Listen: A Theoretical and Pedagogical Approach to Literacy, Adolescence, and Young Adult Literature
… YAL adequately, examines novels written for adolescents through multiple theoretical lenses, and demonstrates a context in which YAL can be meaningfully incorporated in the classroom. The goal of this project is not only to simply create connections that historicize YAL to justify its …
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African American English as a Predictor of Ethnic and Ethnolinguistic Identity in Adolescence
… were to provide support for the <em>Social identity theory of African American English</em> (Vietze & Glasco, 2022) and the meanings African American English (AAE) speakers assign to their dialect. The study was primarily based on Tajfel’s (1979) social identity theory that proposes …