Occupational ego identity statuses in college students

Author

Nicole Surething, The College of Saint Rose
Kathleen Crowley-Long, The College of Saint Rose

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

7

Number

1 & 2

Page Numbers

pages 51-56

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

2001

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate college students who were in the process of deciding on a career, and to then classify them according to the identity statuses described by Marcia (1980). The occupational identity statuses used were achieved, foreclosed, moratorium, diffused, and finally undecided was used for participants not meeting the full criteria for the other statuses. Participants, from The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, were given the Deltas Identity Status Inventory for Occupation. A total of 159 participants completed the survey, 109 females and 50 males. The participants included 66 freshmen, 41 sophomores, 34 juniors, and 18 seniors in college.

Subject

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

6 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

BF1 .M63 v. 7 no. 1 & 2 2001

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Surething, Nicole and Crowley-Long, Kathleen (2001) "Occupational ego identity statuses in college students," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 7: No. 1, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol7/iss1/9