Ego Development and Aesthetic Judgment Styles in Iranian Adults
The theory of ego development presents a comprehensive framework to understand personality development throughout the stages of life. In this developmental theory, the ego is considered a cognitive-based structure and the primary synthesizing and regulating agent in personality development. Art appr...
Main Authors: | , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | Bulgarian |
Published: |
PsychOpen
2017-04-01
|
Series: | Psychological Thought |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://psyct.psychopen.eu/article/view/213 |
id |
doaj-9fd0e4afd85143c7b7ec79e6a1806d85 |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-9fd0e4afd85143c7b7ec79e6a1806d852020-11-25T03:05:33ZbulPsychOpenPsychological Thought2193-72812017-04-01101808910.5964/psyct.v10i1.213psyct.v10i1.213Ego Development and Aesthetic Judgment Styles in Iranian AdultsReza Pourhosein0Shahin Mohammadi-Zarghan1Mehrnoosh Soufiabadi2Mohammad Atari3Department of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranDepartment of Art Studies, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranThe theory of ego development presents a comprehensive framework to understand personality development throughout the stages of life. In this developmental theory, the ego is considered a cognitive-based structure and the primary synthesizing and regulating agent in personality development. Art appreciation and aesthetic judgment are considered to have personality correlates and developmental aspects. The current study aimed to examine the association between ego development and aesthetic judgment styles in adults. We recruited 202 adults from a community sample in Tehran, Iran. The age of participants in this study ranged from 18 to 64 (M = 29.5, SD = 8.9). Consistent with our hypotheses, results indicated that concrete aesthetic judgment was negatively associated with ego development. Moreover, analytical and emotional aesthetic judgment styles were positively correlated with ego development. In conclusion, individuals who scored higher in ego development tended to use more advanced aesthetic judgment styles when exposed to art.http://psyct.psychopen.eu/article/view/213artaesthetic judgment styleaestheticsdevelopmental psychologyego development |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
Bulgarian |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Reza Pourhosein Shahin Mohammadi-Zarghan Mehrnoosh Soufiabadi Mohammad Atari |
spellingShingle |
Reza Pourhosein Shahin Mohammadi-Zarghan Mehrnoosh Soufiabadi Mohammad Atari Ego Development and Aesthetic Judgment Styles in Iranian Adults Psychological Thought art aesthetic judgment style aesthetics developmental psychology ego development |
author_facet |
Reza Pourhosein Shahin Mohammadi-Zarghan Mehrnoosh Soufiabadi Mohammad Atari |
author_sort |
Reza Pourhosein |
title |
Ego Development and Aesthetic Judgment Styles in Iranian Adults |
title_short |
Ego Development and Aesthetic Judgment Styles in Iranian Adults |
title_full |
Ego Development and Aesthetic Judgment Styles in Iranian Adults |
title_fullStr |
Ego Development and Aesthetic Judgment Styles in Iranian Adults |
title_full_unstemmed |
Ego Development and Aesthetic Judgment Styles in Iranian Adults |
title_sort |
ego development and aesthetic judgment styles in iranian adults |
publisher |
PsychOpen |
series |
Psychological Thought |
issn |
2193-7281 |
publishDate |
2017-04-01 |
description |
The theory of ego development presents a comprehensive framework to understand personality development throughout the stages of life. In this developmental theory, the ego is considered a cognitive-based structure and the primary synthesizing and regulating agent in personality development. Art appreciation and aesthetic judgment are considered to have personality correlates and developmental aspects. The current study aimed to examine the association between ego development and aesthetic judgment styles in adults. We recruited 202 adults from a community sample in Tehran, Iran. The age of participants in this study ranged from 18 to 64 (M = 29.5, SD = 8.9). Consistent with our hypotheses, results indicated that concrete aesthetic judgment was negatively associated with ego development. Moreover, analytical and emotional aesthetic judgment styles were positively correlated with ego development. In conclusion, individuals who scored higher in ego development tended to use more advanced aesthetic judgment styles when exposed to art. |
topic |
art aesthetic judgment style aesthetics developmental psychology ego development |
url |
http://psyct.psychopen.eu/article/view/213 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT rezapourhosein egodevelopmentandaestheticjudgmentstylesiniranianadults AT shahinmohammadizarghan egodevelopmentandaestheticjudgmentstylesiniranianadults AT mehrnooshsoufiabadi egodevelopmentandaestheticjudgmentstylesiniranianadults AT mohammadatari egodevelopmentandaestheticjudgmentstylesiniranianadults |
_version_ |
1724677953452769280 |