Raphael D
Adolescence. 1978 Winter;13(52):627-41.
One hundred grade 12 high school females were classified as either Moratorium, Foreclosure, or Diffusion status based on their openness to alternatives and degree of commitment in the areas of future plans, religion, and politics. Measures of social class, intelligence, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity, ego identity, and anxiety were administered to examine aspects of these differing manners of dealing with adolescent issues. Performance on a behavioral measure of information search was also examined. Results indicated generality of identity status placement across the content areas. Moratorium status females scored significantly higher than Foreclosure and Diffusion status females for social class, intelligence, cognitive complexity, and tolerance of ambiguity: Moratorium status females also scored significantly higher than Diffusion status females for information search and recall. Foreclosure status females scored significantly higher than Diffusion status females for ego identity. Intelligence contributed to many observed status differences. It was suggested that identity status placement, reflective of manner of dealing with adolescent issues, was indicative of a general mode of dealing with developmental tasks.
一百名十二年级的高中女生根据她们对未来计划、宗教和政治领域中替代方案的开放程度以及投入程度，被划分为延缓期、早闭型或扩散型状态。对社会阶层、智力、对模糊性的容忍度、认知复杂性、自我认同和焦虑等指标进行了测量，以考察这些处理青少年问题的不同方式的各个方面。还考察了信息搜索行为测量的表现。结果表明，身份状态在不同内容领域的划分具有普遍性。延缓期状态的女生在社会阶层、智力、认知复杂性和对模糊性的容忍度方面的得分显著高于早闭型和扩散型状态的女生；延缓期状态的女生在信息搜索和回忆方面的得分也显著高于扩散型状态的女生。早闭型状态的女生在自我认同方面的得分显著高于扩散型状态的女生。智力导致了许多观察到的状态差异。研究表明，身份状态的划分反映了处理青少年问题的方式，表明了一种处理发展任务的总体模式。
