Identity Crisis in Adolescence: A Development Fact or a Cultural Phenomenon; a Comparative Study of Childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood

• Main Author: Omar A. Almof’adda
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: King Saud University 1992-01-01
• Series: Journal of Islamic Studies
• Subjects: Identity Crisis; Adolescence Phenomenon; Childhood; Adolescence; Adulthood; TST (Twenty Statement Test)
• Online Access: http://jes.ksu.edu.sa/sites/jes.ksu.edu.sa/files/v4n11992-10.pdf

TST , Twenty Statement Test, was administered to four different groups , children. early ado~lescents, late adolescents. youths, . The answers to the TST were judged by three independentpsychologists- The results were analyzed by two methods: analysis of variance for the average number ofstatements which indicate identity diffusion. and chi square for the number of subjects who were judgedto be having identity diffusion in the four groups. Results by two methods showed very significant differ~ences between the late adolescence group and the other groups. The late adolescence group had moreidentity diffused subjects. Reliability of TST, and the correlation between judges were discussed. Recom~mendations for further research were discussed as well.