Ego development and individual differences in personality

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ID6203365
AuthorsP Michiel Westenburg (Leiden University), Jack Block
Year1993
Volume65
Issue4
Pages792-800
Publication date1993-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.65.4.792
PMID8229651
OpenAlexW2075649306, W4244506575
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited4

The relation between individual differences in personality and differences in developmental maturity was studied by relating observations of personality by multiple, independent judges to level of ego development. The personality characteristics of longitudinally followed Ss (104 at age 14; 98 at age 23) were evaluated by the California Adult Q-Set (CAQ); ego level was evaluated by the Washington University Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development (SCT). A priori personality dimensions--consisting of CAQ items for which a common developmental pathway was expected--were constructed and related to the SCT: (a) Ego-resiliency and interpersonal integrity were associated with increasing ego development, (b) conformity was associated with the Conformist level and, unexpectedly, to the Conscientious level, (c) need regulation was associated with the Conscientious level, and (d) self-ease and expressiveness-playfulness were not associated with ego level.

Conformity · Developmental psychology · Id, ego and super-ego · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Loevinger's stages of ego development · Maturity (psychological · Personality · Personality development · Sentence completion tests · Child Therapy and Development · Ego Development and Educational Practices · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

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