Identity and Intimacy in Religiously Observant and Non-Religiously Observant Adolescents and Young Adults in Israel |
| |
| Authors: | Shraga Fisherman |
| |
| Institution: | Orot Israel College , Elkana, Israel |
| |
| Abstract: | Abstract Ego identity and intimacy are two sequential stages, according to Erikson's theory. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between ego identity and intimacy, as two continuous multidimensional variables among religious and non-religious individuals. Eight sample groups (age × gender × religious observance) comprising 308 subjects responded to The Adolescent's Ego Identity Scale (AEIS) (Tzuriel 1974 Tzuriel, D. 1974. Well-formed ego identity as contrasted with diffuse identity as a function of cognitive complexity, ethnocentrism, and nationality identification among oriental and western adolescents (in Hebrew), M. A. Thesis Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University. Google Scholar]; 1984 Tzuriel, D. 1984. Sex role typing and ego identity in Israeli oriental and Western adolescents. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46: 440–457. Crossref], Web of Science ®] , Google Scholar]; 1992a Tzuriel, D. . Ego identity and emotional disturbance at adolescence. Paper presented at the 25th International Congress of Psychology. Brussels. Google Scholar]) and to The Sharabany Intimacy Scale (1974). There was a difference in the ego identity variables' predictive profile for the various intimacy dimensions and the general intimacy score among the religious groups and among the non-religious groups, both for the two age groups (adolescents and adults) and for the two genders. A characterization of each group results from understanding these differential relationships. This research was conducted under the auspices of Orot Israel College. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
|
|
