Investigating identity statuses among lebanese youth

This study examined Marcia’s identity paradigm among Lebanese adolescents in relation to gender and academic achievement. Participants were 429 students in Grades 7 to 11, aged 12 to 17 years. The Ego Identity Process Questionnaire (EIPQ) was used to classify participants into the four identity stat...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Sarouphim, Ketty (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Issa, Nagham (author)
التنسيق: article
منشور في: 2017
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/7141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X17732355
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0044118X17732355
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الملخص:This study examined Marcia’s identity paradigm among Lebanese adolescents in relation to gender and academic achievement. Participants were 429 students in Grades 7 to 11, aged 12 to 17 years. The Ego Identity Process Questionnaire (EIPQ) was used to classify participants into the four identity statuses: Achievement, Moratorium, Foreclosure, and Diffusion. Results showed that females were mostly in Moratorium (37.4%) whereas males in Foreclosure (35.1%). The difference was statistically significant, χ2(3) = 20.40, p = .001. Also, females scored significantly higher on the Exploration subscale, t(425) = −2.68, p = .04, whereas males scored significantly higher on the Commitment subscale, t(426) = 4.19, p = .01. No significant achievement differences were found among students in the four identity statuses, F(3, 419) = .38, p = .13. These results suggest possible shifts in cultural norms with females developing identity through pathways believed to be males’ in traditional societies.