Ego Identity Status: A Step in the Differentiation Process

✍ Scribed by Patrick Johnson; Walter C. Buboltz Jr.; Eric Seemann

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 165 KB
• Volume: 81
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1556-6678
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2003.tb00241.x

✦ Synopsis

This study examined the relationship between identity development and differentiation levels in young adults. A total of 259 participants completed the Extended Version of the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (H. D. Grotevant & G. R. Adams, 1984), the Differentiation of Self Inventory (E. A. Skowron & M. L. Friedlander, 1998), and demographic questions. Results showed that each identity status had a unique effect on the various components of differentiation. Implications of the results for counselors and for future researchers are provided.