Ego Integrity in the Lives of Older Women: A Follow-Up of Mothers From the Sears, Maccoby, and Levin (1951) Patterns of Child Rearing Study
dc.contributor.author | Zarrett, Nicole R. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | James, Jacquelyn Boone | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T15:04:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T15:04:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | James, Jacquelyn Boone; Zarrett, Nicole; (2005). "Ego Integrity in the Lives of Older Women: A Follow-Up of Mothers From the Sears, Maccoby, and Levin (1951) Patterns of Child Rearing Study." Journal of Adult Development 12(4): 155-167. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44633> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1068-0667 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-3440 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44633 | |
dc.description.abstract | Ego integrity, Erik Erikson's (E. H. Erikson, 1963) concept of psychological maturity in later life and the pinnacle of 8 stages, has been one of the least studied of all his stage constructs. This paper explores the meaning of ego integrity (as assessed by C. D. Ryff & S. G. Heincke, 1983) in the lives of a sample of older women, by examining the predictors and concomitants of ego integrity (EI), using data from interviews conducted with the same women in 1951 and 1996 and a questionnaire administered in 1996. A 3-step regression model revealed that “identity” assessed in 1951 predicted generativity in 1996; the level of educational attainment and marital status were also significant predictors. In step 2, generativity alone predicted ego integrity, which in turn predicted depression. Ego integrity was associated with higher marital satisfaction in the mothers' lives, both in the past and in the present; it was implicated in better relationships with their adult children, in the mothers' willingness to both give and receive help, and in several dimensions of psychological well-being. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Identity | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Ego Integrity | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Cognitive Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Aging | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Clinical Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Personality & Social Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology, General | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Generativity | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Older Mothers' Lives | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychological Well-being | en_US |
dc.title | Ego Integrity in the Lives of Older Women: A Follow-Up of Mothers From the Sears, Maccoby, and Levin (1951) Patterns of Child Rearing Study | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | West European Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Southeast Asian and Pacific Languages and Cultures | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Latin American and Caribbean Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Germanic Languages and Literature | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Communications | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Humanities | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Murray Research Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44633/1/10804_2005_Article_7084.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10804-005-7084-y | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Adult Development | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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