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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"ego development"”.
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The Experience of Parenthood, Family Phase, and Ego Development in Adults
… on the contribution of parenthood to their own development as adults. It was hypothesized that the nature and frequency of ideas expressed by parents in response to questions on their parenthood experience would be influenced by the phase of the family, sex of parent, and level of ego …
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Differential Effects of Two Interventions for Promoting Ego Development in Late Adolescence (Psychological Education, Group Counseling, Taiwan)
… of conformity in the Chinese was related to the ego development theories developed by Loevinger and other structural-development theorists, and was conceived of as an important factor that hinders the ego development of Chinese late adolescents. The purpose of the percent study was to use a …
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A longitudinal study of personality development in older adults : the impact of a volunteer intervention program
… that a volunteer experience would promote ego development for a sample of older adults. Current and non-volunteers were assessed on measures of personality and ego development before and after a 3-month baseline period, after six months of volunteering, and one year after completing their …
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Evaluating an Online Course’s Capacity to Promote Self-Authoring Consciousness: Assessing the Developmental Impact of a Scalable Intervention on Adults’ Stage of Ego Development
… OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), referenced Kegan’s ‘self- authoring order of mental complexity’ (also known as ‘self-authoring consciousness’) – as, overall, the capacity most needed “for a successful life and a well-functioning modern society”.</p> <p>And yet, …
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Using psychological type for developmental coaching: the inclusion of intrapersonal type dynamics, effectiveness related to aspects of ego development, and the individual's capacity for development
… themes related to the field of individual development and, in particular, developmental coaching. The exploration begins with a literature review in Chapter One, which considers the nature of coaching, how it has evolved from goal focused performance coaching to developmental coaching. …
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Correlates of the MMPI-A Immaturity (IMM) Scale in an Adolescent Psychiatric Population
<p>Despite numerous theories of adolescent ego development, there is no objective measure of ego development or maturation targeted for the assessment of adolescents. The Immaturity (IMM) Scale developed for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A) was designed to fill …
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An analysis of the relationship between Fowlerian stage-development and self-assessed maturity in Christian faithfulness among evangelical Christians
… to analyze the relationship between individuals' development according to Fowler's stages and the self-assessed maturity of their faithfulness to Jesus Christ. Based on a review of significant texts from the Judeo-Christian Scriptures and from church history, the researcher concluded that faith as …
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Deans of nursing: pathways to the deanship
… pathways to their first nursing deanship. A developmental model guided this inquiry and was used to explain the development of these women's personal and professional identity. The study design was naturalistic. Data were collected by survey, life history interviews, and through document …
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From an adult viewpoint: the transition from non-student to student status
… the adults in this study. Commitment and values, ego development, outlook, and coping resources all surfaced as critical components to a successful transition. The variables characterizing the transition important to these adults were: stress, role change, trigger event, and previous experience …
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The midlife crisis, gender, and social science in the United States, 1970–2000
… of Erik Erikson's male-centered model of ego development and psychoanalytic constructions of gender and identity more generally. Drawing on mid-century notions of middle life as the time of a woman's entry into the public sphere, Sheehy's midlife crisis defined the onset of middle age, for …
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Integrative Executive Leadership: Towards a General Theory of Positive Business Leadership
… to guide executive selection, education and development, and practice. This thesis formulates and theoretically grounds a general theory of positive executive business leadership. Integrative Executive Leadership (“IEL”) addresses the individual, pairs/groups/teams, organizational, and …
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Moral Orientation, Ego Maturity, and Religious Commitment : an Exploratory Study from a Developmental Perspective
<p><em>Problem</em>. Although moral development research has focused extensively on Kohlberg's moral judgment theory and Gilligan's considerations of moral orientation, little has directly addressed the issue of integration of the voices of care and justice. This study proposed that, with …
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An Eriksonian Approach to Consumer Identity
… Major Professor: Richard A. Feinberg.</p> <p>Ego development is the fifth stage in Erikson's Lifecycle Development theory (1959) and is a major psychosocial stage beginning in adolescence and lasting into emerging adulthood. Past research based upon Marcia's Ego Identity Status Paradigm (1996) …