The purpose of this study was to examine the interpersonal identity development of early adolescents from ages 11-14 and its effects on academic achievement. The study was also designed to allow for cross-sectional comparisons of early adolescent interpersonal identity development including the effects of gender and age. Two hundred forty six middle school students completed the interpersonal identity section of the Extended Version of the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status- II and supplied additional demographic information. Interpersonal identity development was not found to have a statistically significant relationship to academic achievement. Gender was not found to have a statistically significant effect on interpersonal identity development. Eighth grade students displayed significantly increased "foreclosed" identity statuses compared to sixth and seventh grade students. Also, school-related extracurricular activities were found to be positively and significantly related to GPA, FCAT Math, and FCAT Reading scores. The theoretical implications of the results were discussed and implications for future research were indicated. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Family and Child Sciences in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science. / Summer Semester, 2008. / June 18, 2008. / Interpersonal Identity, Academic Achievement, Early Adolescence, Identity / Includes bibliographical references. / Ronald L. Mullis, Professor Directing Thesis; Patrice Iatarola, Outside Committee Member; Ann K. Mullis, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_175889 |
| Contributors | Lilly, Melissa C. (authoraut), Mullis, Ronald L. (professor directing thesis), Iatarola, Patrice (outside committee member), Mullis, Ann K. (committee member), Department of Family and Child Sciences (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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