Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0344, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2013 Feb;104(2):371-84. doi: 10.1037/a0030070. Epub 2012 Sep 17.
This longitudinal study analyzed personality development using an individual approach by examining changes in ego development across the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Specifically, the study mapped the heterogeniety in ego development growth trajectories and linked the different trajectories to the family context in adolescence and identity development in emerging adulthood. Participants were 98 families with a child who were followed from age 14 to age 24. Latent class growth analysis identified 4 distinct trajectories of growth in ego development of the children over the 10-year period. The results indicated that growth was more rapid during adolescence and tended to taper off in emerging adulthood. In addition, promotion of personal growth within the family and parents' ego development were particulary instrumental in children's ego developmental gains in adolescence. Finally, youth who demonstrated continued ego development into emerging adulthood also demonstrated heightened levels of identity exploration.
本纵向研究通过个体方法分析人格发展，考察了从青春期到成年早期的转变过程中自我发展的变化。具体来说，该研究绘制了自我发展增长轨迹的异质性，并将不同轨迹与青春期的家庭环境和成年早期的身份发展联系起来。参与者为 98 个家庭，他们的孩子从 14 岁一直跟踪到 24 岁。潜在类别增长分析确定了儿童在 10 年期间自我发展增长的 4 个不同轨迹。结果表明，青春期的增长速度较快，而成年早期的增长速度趋于放缓。此外，家庭内的个人成长促进以及父母的自我发展对青春期儿童自我发展的提高尤为重要。最后，进入成年早期后继续进行自我发展的年轻人也表现出更高水平的身份探索。
