Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-93).

Variation in developmental level was examined in a sample of 84 female and male university students. Each participant wrote a brief narrative describing the specific components of a stressful life event that elicited an attribution of threat. The identified components were assessed for level of ego functioning. In addition each participant was administered the Ways of Coping measure and the Washington University Sentence Completion Test. The results suggest that higher levels of ego functioning whether assessed by source of threat or by developmental task could be predicted by the choice of an analytical problem-oriented approach to stress management. Additionally the Event Appraisal measure has been presented as an instrument that introduces a predictive factor to level of ego development in a real-life situation. The results are discussed in light of the need to access the mechanisms that effect threat evaluations and the selection of the coping strategies that emerge as responses.

Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of Psychology, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-124).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, Dec., 2008. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-124).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1967. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 234-251).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The relationship between the global health level of the personality and perceptual behavior was explored in a fundamental manner independent of specific needs, drives, or psychopathology. Current psychoanalytic theory regarding the nature and functions of the ego served as the basis for the personality construct selected, ego strength. The ability to test reality served to establish the connection between level of ego strength and adequacy of the perceptual system. The selection of the operational definition of ego strength involved the consideration of a number of factors including the population to be studied, the independence of the operation from the behavior under study, the relationship to other research, and the congruence between the measure and the construct's description. An extensive review of the Barron Ego-Strength Scale, a sub-scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), indicted that it was the most reliable and valid measure of ego strength currently available [TRUNCATED]