The Prediction of Ego Integrity in Older Persons

@article{Hannah1996ThePO,
  title={The Prediction of Ego Integrity in Older Persons},
  author={Mo Therese Hannah and George Domino and Aurelio Jos{\'e} Figueredo and Rick Hendrickson},
  journal={Educational and Psychological Measurement},
  year={1996},
  volume={56},
  pages={930 - 950}
}
This study examined the extent to which the resolution of the Eriksonian final stage-related crisis of ego integrity versus despair is predicted by the resolution of earlier stage-related crises and by non-Eriksonian personality constructs. Subjects were administered an Eriksonian life stage measure called the Inventory of Psychosocial Balance, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Purpose-in-Life Scale, and the Self-Realization Scale. A series of alternative and hierarchically nested regression… 
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