Date of Award:
5-1978
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Gerald R. Adams
Committee
Gerald R. Adams
Committee
Jay Schvaneveldt
Committee
Barton Sensenig
Abstract
Ego identity and intimacy statuses were determined for 88 college students, 44 men, and 44 women, and related to each other and to measures of intimacy-isolation, loving and liking, Sex differences were also investigated. Identity achievement subjects were more likely to be engaged in intimate relationships. Students having foreclosure. moratorium. and diffusion identities were variable in their intimacy statuses. A stronger association exists between intimacy and loving than intimacy and liking. While no significant sex differences were found on the overall ego identity and intimacy comparisons, sub scale differences were noted. The evidence suggests identity achievement status is predictive of highly intimate relations while foreclosure, moratorium and diffusion identities are highly variable.
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Recommended Citation
Kacerguis, Mary Ann, "Identity, Intimacy and Sex Differences" (1978). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2490.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2490
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