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Identity Problems, Ego Strengths, Perceived Stress, and Adjustment During Contextual Changes at University
Barbara M. GfellnerAna I. Cordobasubject
Sociology and Political Sciencemedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesErikson's stages of psychosocial developmentIdentity (social science)050109 social psychologyContext (language use)Maturity (psychological)Developmental psychologyPerceptionId ego and super-egoStress (linguistics)0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychology (miscellaneous)PsychologyPsychosocialSocial psychology050104 developmental & child psychologymedia_commondescription
ABSTRACTWe present a 2-year time-lag study in which Canadian and Spanish students’ perceptions of stress, identity problems, and psychosocial maturity (ego strengths) were examined in relation to academic, social, and personal-emotional adjustment to university under different conditions of macro-environmental disruption (i.e., academic and economic) and no disruption (stability). In the academic disturbance context, students reported increased stress and the economic disruption situation was associated with greater identity problems. The expected relationships were found among the variables in the study. Students reported greater social maladjustment at university related to economic disruption in comparison with the academic and no disruption contexts. Ego strengths moderated the relationship between perceived stress with academic and social adjustment, respectively. In other words, delayed psychosocial development in conjunction with high perceived stress was associated with deficient academic and soci...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-02 | Identity |