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Erikson’s Psychosocial Bibliography

Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory A-E

Adams, G. R., Berzonsky, M. D., & Keating, L. (2006). Psychosocial resources in first-year university students: The role of identity processes and social relationships. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 35(1), 78-88.

Andrews, T., Martin, G., Hasking, P., & Page, A. (2014). Predictors of onset for non-suicidal self-injury within a school-based sample of adolescents. Prevention Science, 15(6), 850-859.

Atalay, M. (2007). Psychology of crisis: An overall account of the psychology of Erikson. Ekev Academic Review, 11(33), 15-34.

Bauer, J. J., Schwab, J. R., & McAdams, D. P. (2011). Self-actualizing: Where ego development finally feels good? Humanistic Psychologist, 39(2), 121-136.

Belsky, J., & Pluess, M. (2009). The nature (and nurture?) of plasticity in early human development. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(4), 345-351.

Bennett, J. L., & Douglass, K. E. (2013). Growing pains: An Eriksonian view of the arc of presenting concerns in an LGBT community mental health center. Clinical Social Work Journal, 41(3), 277-287.

Berkhout, L., Dolk, M., & Goorhuis-Brouwer, S. (2010). Teachers' views on psychosocial development in children from 4 to 6 years of age. Educational & Child Psychology, 27(4), 103-112.

Bingaman, K. A. (2007). The postmodern life cycle and pastoral care and counseling. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 9(1), 83.

Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Hülsheger, U. R., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. M. (2010). Nature and nurture of the interplay between personality traits and major life goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99(2), 366-379.

Blimling, G. S. (2013). New dimensions to psychosocial development in traditionally aged college students. About Campus, 18(5), 10-16.

Bradley, C. L., & Marcia, J. E. (1998). Generativity-stagnation: A five-category model. Journal of Personality, 66(1), 39-39.

Brant, A. M., Haberstick, B. C., Corley, R. P., Wadsworth, S. J., DeFries, J. C., & Hewitt, J. K. (2009). The developmental etiology of high IQ. Behavior Genetics, 39(4), 393-405.

Brennan, M. (2002). Spirituality and psychosocial development in middle-age and older adults with vision loss. Journal of Adult Development, 9(1), 31-46.

Brittian, A. S., & Lerner, R. M. (2013). Early influences and later outcomes associated with developmental trajectories of Eriksonian fidelity. Developmental Psychology, 49(4), 722-735.

Capps, D. (2004). The decades of life: Relocating Erikson's stages. Pastoral Psychology, 53(1), 3-32.

Capps, D. (2007). Mother, melancholia, and play in Erik H. Erikson's childhood and society. Journal of Religion and Health, 46(4), 591-606.

Chang, Y., & Halgunseth, L. (2015). Early adolescents' psychosocial adjustment and weight status change: The moderating roles of gender, ethnicity, and acculturation. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 44(4), 870-886.

Christiansen, S. L., & Palkovitz, R. (1998). Exploring Erikson's psychosocial theory of development: Generativity and its relationship to paternal identity, intimacy, and involvement in childcare. The Journal of Men's Studies, 7(1), 133-156.

Colonnesi, C., Bögels, S. M., de Vente, W., & Majdandžic, M. (2013). What coy smiles say about positive shyness in early infancy. Infancy, 18(2), 202-220.

Conway, M. A., & Holmes, A. (2004). Psychosocial stages and the accessibility of autobiographical memories across the life cycle. Journal of Personality, 72(3), 461-480.

Cooper, P. (2007). Teaching young children self-regulation through Children’s books. Early Childhood Education Journal, 34(5), 315-322.

Corriveau, K. H., Harris, P. L., Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Arnott, B., Elliott, L., . . . de Rosnay, M. (2009). Young children’s trust in their mother’s claims: Longitudinal links with attachment security in infancy. Child Development, 80(3), 750-761.

Cote, J. E. (2002). "Feminist perspectives on Erikson's theory: Their relevance for contemporary identity development research". Identity, 2(3), 277-280.

Crawford, T. N., Cohen, P., Johnson, J. G., Sneed, J. R., & Brook, J. S. (2004). The course and psychosocial correlates of personality disorder symptoms in adolescence: Erikson's developmental theory revisited. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 33(5), 373-387.

Crocetti, E., Avanzi, L., Hawk, S., Fraccaroli, F., & Meeus, W. (2014). Personal and social facets of job identity: A person-centered approach. Journal of Business & Psychology, 29(2), 281-300.

Crowell, S. E., Beauchaine, T. P., & Linehan, M. M. (2009). A biosocial developmental model of borderline personality: Elaborating and extending Linehan's theory. Psychological Bulletin, 135(3), 495-510.

D'Aprile, G., & Talò, C. (2014). Measuring corporate social responsibility as a psychosocial construct: A new multidimensional scale. Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal, 26(3), 153-175.

De Vleminck, J. (2010). Oedipus and Cain: Brothers in arms. International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 19(3), 172-184.

de Wolf, T. (2013). Psychoanalysis In/and development. Romanian Journal of Psychoanalysis / Revue Roumain De Psychanalyse, 6(1), 94-106.

Dien, D. S. (2000). The evolving nature of self-identity across four levels of history. Human Development (0018716X), 43(1), 1-18.

Dmitrieva, J., Monahan, K. C., Cauffman, E., & Steinberg, L. (2012). Arrested development: The effects of incarceration on the development of psychosocial maturity. Development & Psychopathology, 24(3), 1073-1090.

Domino, G., & Affonso, D. D. (1990). A personality measure of Erikson's life stages: The inventory of psychosocial balance. Journal of Personality Assessment, 54(3), 576.

Domino, G., & Hannah, T. (1989). Measuring effective functioning in the elderly: An application of Erikson's theory. Journal of Personality Assessment, 53(2), 319.

Eagly, A. H., & Wood, W. (2013). The Nature–Nurture debates: 25 years of challenges in understanding the psychology of gender. Perspectives on Psychological Science (Sage Publications Inc.), 8(3), 340-357.

Earp, B. (2012). Early academic self concepts and the racial achievement gap. Journal of Social & Psychological Sciences, 5(1), 3-24.

Ehlman, K., & Ligon, M. (2012). Application of a generativity model for older adults. The International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 74(4), 331-344.

Elam, K. K., Harold, G. T., Neiderhiser, J. M., Reiss, D., Shaw, D. S., Natsuaki, M. N., . . . Leve, L. D. (2014). Adoptive parent hostility and children’s peer behavior problems: Examining the role of genetically informed child attributes on adoptive parent behavior. Developmental Psychology, 50(5), 1543-1552.

Erikson’s Psychosocial F-M

Fagard, J. (2013). The nature and nurture of human infant hand preference. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1288(1), 114-123.

Fox, S. E., Levitt, P., & Nelson III, C. A. (2010). How the timing and quality of early experiences influence the development of brain architecture. Child Development, 81(1), 28-40.

Fraley, R. C., Roisman, G. I., & Haltigan, J. D. (2013). The legacy of early experiences in development: Formalizing alternative models of how early experiences are carried forward over time. Developmental Psychology, 49(1), 109-126.

Franz, C. E., & White, K. M. (1985). Individuation and attachment in personality development: Extending Erikson's theory. Journal of Personality, 53(2), 224.

Gfellner, B. M., & Armstrong, H. D. (2012). Ego development, ego strengths, and ethnic identity among first nation adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence (Wiley-Blackwell), 22(2), 225-234.

Ginsburg, H. J. (1992). Childhood injuries and Erikson's psychosocial stages. Social Behavior and Personality, 20(2), 95-100.

Graves, S. B., & Larkin, E. (2006). Lessons from Erikson: A look at autonomy across the lifespan. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 4(2), 61-71.

Greene, R. R., Graham, S. A., & Morano, C. (2010). Erikson's healthy personality, societal institutions, and holocaust survivors. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 20(4), 489-506.

Haase, C. M., Landberg, M., Schmidt, C., Lüdke, K., & Silbereisen, R. K. (2012). The later, the better? early, average, and late timing of sexual experiences in adolescence and psychosocial adjustment in young adulthood. European Psychologist, 17(3), 199-212.

Hamachek, D. (1990). Evaluating self-concept and ego status in Erikson's last three psychosocial stages. Journal of Counseling & Development, 68(6), 677.

Hannush, M. J. (2006). Review of Erikson on development in adulthood: New insights from unpublished papers. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 37(1), 115-120.

Hart, S. A., Logan, J. A. R., Soden-Hensler, B., Kershaw, S., Taylor, J., & Schatschneider, C. (2013). Exploring how nature and nurture affect the development of reading: An analysis of the Florida twin project on reading. Developmental Psychology, 49(10), 1971-1981.

Hearn, S., Saulnier, G., Strayer, J., Glenham, M., Koopman, R., & Marcia, J. (2012). Between integrity and despair: Toward construct validation of Erikson's eighth stage. Journal of Adult Development, 19(1), 1-20.

Hoare, C. (2013). Three missing dimensions in contemporary studies of identity: The unconscious, negative attributes, and society. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 33(1), 51-67.

Hoare, C. H. (2005). Erikson's general and adult developmental revisions of Freudian thought: "outward, forward, upward". Journal of Adult Development, 12(1), 19-31.

Ilyin, V. A. (2009). A comparative study of the psychosocial development of students in senior high-school classes and freshmen students in higher educational institutions. Psychological Science & Education, (1), 14-23.

Jenkins, S. M., Buboltz Jr., W. C., Schwartz, J. P., & Johnson, P. (2005). Differentiation of self and psychosocial development. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 27(2), 251-261.

Jenney, T. J. (2012). The holistic development of college students: Spirituality as A predictor of college student's pro-social character development. Culture & Religion Review Journal, 2012(4), 56-145.

Jones, R. M., Vaterlaus, J. M., Jackson, M. A., & Morrill, T. B. (2014). Friendship characteristics, psychosocial development, and adolescent identity formation. Personal Relationships, 21(1), 51-67.

Kakihara, F., & Tilton-Weaver, L. (2009). Adolescents’ interpretations of parental control: Differentiated by domain and types of control. Child Development, 80(6), 1722-1738.

Kandler, C. (2012). Nature and nurture in personality development: The case of neuroticism and extraversion. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21(5), 290-296.

Karkouti, I. M. (2014). Examining psychosocial identity development theories: A guideline for professional practice. Education, 135(2), 257-263.

Kastbom, Å. A., Sydsjö, G., Bladh, M., Priebe, G., & Svedin, C. (2015). Sexual debut before the age of 14 leads to poorer psychosocial health and risky behaviour in later life. Acta Paediatrica, 104(1), 91-100.

Kazdin, A. E. (2014). Evidence-based psychotherapies I: Qualifiers and limitations in what we know. South African Journal of Psychology, 44(4), 381-403.

Koh, C. (2014). Exploring the use of web 2.0 technology to promote moral and psychosocial development: Can you tube work? British Journal of Educational Technology, 45(4), 619-635.

Larsen, C. H., Alfermann, D., Henriksen, K., & Christensen, M. K. (2014). Preparing footballers for the next step: An intervention program from an ecological perspective. Sport Psychologist, 28(1), 91-102.

Lewkowicz, D. J. (2011). The biological implausibility of the nature-nurture dichotomy and what it means for the study of infancy. Infancy, 16(4), 331-367.

Makoto, S., Ken, K., Hideharu, S., & Kenji, H. (2013). Development of the self among Japanese late adolescents and young adults, based on Kegan's constructive-developmental theory in relation to Erikson's psychosocial crisis. Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24(1), 99-110.

Marcia, J. E. (2002). Identity and psychosocial development in adulthood. Identity, 2(1), 7-28.

Marcia, J. E. (2014). From industry to integrity. Identity, 14(3), 165-176.

Marcia, J., & Josselson, R. (2013). Eriksonian personality research and its implications for psychotherapy. Journal of Personality, 81(6), 617-629.

Markstrom, C. A., & Kalmanir, H. M. (2001). Linkages between the psychosocial stages of identity and intimacy and the ego strengths of fidelity and love. Identity, 1(2), 179-196.

Mathew, A., & Nanoo, S. (2013). Psychosocial stressors and patterns of coping in adolescent suicide attempters. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 35(1), 39-46.

McAdams, D. P., & Guo, J. (2014). How shall I live? constructing a life story in the college years. New Directions for Higher Education, 2014(166), 15-23.

McDevitt, T. M., Jobes, R. D., Cochran, K. F., & Sheehan, E. P. (2010). Is it nature or nurture? beliefs about child development held by college students in psychology courses. College Student Journal, 44(2), 533-550.

Mehdi Akhondi, M., Binaafar, S., Behjati Ardakani, Z., Kamali, K., Kosari, H., & Ghorbani, B. (2013). Aspects of psychosocial development in infertile versus fertile men. Journal of Reproduction & Infertility, 14(2), 90-93.

Moczek, A. P. (2012). The nature of nurture and the future of evodevo: Toward a theory of developmental evolution. Integrative & Comparative Biology, 52(1), 108-119.

Morano, C. (2010). Resilience and coping with trauma: Does gender make a difference? Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 20(4), 553-568.

Murray, J. B. (2012). Educating human nature: 'nature' and 'nurture' in early Confucian moral education. Journal of Moral Education, 41(4), 509-527.

 

Erikson’s Psychosocial N-Z

Nettle, D., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Rickard, I. J. (2012). The adaptive basis of psychosocial acceleration: Comment on beyond mental health, life history strategies articles. Developmental Psychology, 48(3), 718-721.

NithyaPoornima, M., Hirisave, U., & Subbakrishna, D. K. (2014). Promotion of wellness in preschoolers. Journal of Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 10(3), 194-229.

Njus, D., & Johnson, D. R. (2008). Need for cognition as a predictor of psychosocial identity development. Journal of Psychology, 142(6), 645-655.

Norman, S. M., McCluskey-Fawcett, K., & Ashcraft, L. (2002). Older women's development: A comparison of women in their 60s and 80s on a measure of Erikson's developmental tasks. The International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 54(1), 31-42.

Okonkwo, E. (2013). Dual income family, gender and adolescents' self-esteem. Ife Psychologia, 21(1), 127-138.

Olino, T. M., Seeley, J. R., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (2010). Conduct disorder and psychosocial outcomes at age 30: Early adult psychopathology as a potential mediator. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38(8), 1139-1149.

Onchwari, G., Onchwari, J., & Keengwe, J. (2008). Teaching the immigrant child: Application of child development theories. Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(3), 267-273.

Osborne, J. W. (2009). Commentary on retirement, identity, and Erikson's developmental stage model. Canadian Journal on Aging, 28(4), 295-301.

Özgüngör, S. (2009). Postmodernizm, identity status and life satisfaction. Turkish Psychological Counseling & Guidance Journal, 4(31), 41-42.

Özgüngör, S., & Kapikiran, N. A. (2011). Comparisive adaptation of Erikson psychosocial stage inventories to Turkish culture: Primary results. Turkish Psychological Counseling & Guidance Journal, 4(36), 125-126.

Özgüngör, S., & Kapikiran, N. A. (2011). Erikson’un psikososyal gelisim dönemleri ölçeklerinin türk kültürüne uygunlugunun karsilastirmali olarak incelenmesi: Ön bulgular. Turkish Psychological Counseling & Guidance Journal, 4(36), 114-124.

Papazova, E., & Antonova, R. (2013). Psychosocial maturity statuses and social environment in adolescence. Cognitie, Creier, Comportament/Cognition, Brain, Behavior, 17(3), 201-214.

Piercy, K. W., Cheek, C., & Teemant, B. (2011). Challenges and psychosocial growth for older volunteers giving intensive humanitarian service. Gerontologist, 51(4), 550-560.

Poston, J. M., Hanson, W. E., & Schwiebert, V. (2012). The relationship between episodic and dispositional forgiveness, psychosocial development, and counseling. Counseling & Values, 57(2), 181-198.

Rennemark, M., & Hagberg, B. (1997). Sense of coherence among the elderly in relation to their perceived life history in an Eriksonian perspective. Aging & Mental Health, 1(3), 221-229.

Ross, M. E. (2001). The humanity of the gods: The past and future of Freud's psychoanalytic interpretation of religion. The Annual of Psychoanalysis, 29, 263-277.

Rotenberg, K. J., Betts, L. R., Eisner, M., & Ribeaud, D. (2012). Social antecedents of children's trustworthiness. Infant and Child Development, 21(3), 310-322.

Saitoh, M., Kameda, K., Sugimoto, H., & Hiraishi, K. (2013). Development of the self among Japanese late adolescents and young adults, based on Kegan's constructive-developmental theory in relation to Erikson's psychosocial crisis. Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24(1), 99-110.

Sameroff, A. (2010). A unified theory of development: A dialectic integration of nature and nurture. Child Development, 81(1), 6-22.

Schwartz, S. J., Zamboanga, B. L., Wang, W., & Olthuis, J. V. (2009). Measuring identity from an Eriksonian perspective: Two sides of the same coin? Journal of Personality Assessment, 91(2), 143-154.

Seedat, M. (2015). Oral history as an enactment of critical community psychology. Journal of Community Psychology, 43(1), 22-35.

Slater, C. L. (2003). Generativity versus stagnation: An elaboration of Erikson's adult stage of human development. Journal of Adult Development, 10(1), 53.

Sneed, J. R., Whitbourne, S. K., & Culang, M. E. (2006). Trust, identity, and ego integrity: Modeling Erikson’s core stages over 34 years. Journal of Adult Development, 13(3), 148-157.

Sneed, J. R., Whitbourne, S. K., Schwartz, S. J., & Huang, S. (2012). The relationship between identity, intimacy, and midlife well-being: Findings from the Rochester adult longitudinal study. Psychology and Aging, 27(2), 318-323.

Sorell, G. T., & Montgomery, M. J. (2001). Feminist perspectives on Erikson's theory: Their relevance for contemporary identity development research. Identity, 1(2), 97-128.

Spano, R., Koenig, T. L., Hudson, J. W., & Leiste, M. R. (2010). East meets west: A nonlinear model for understanding human growth and development. Smith College Studies in Social Work (Haworth), 80(2), 198-214.

Spies Shapiro, L., & Margolin, G. (2014). Growing up wired: Social networking sites and adolescent psychosocial development. Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review, 17(1), 1-18.

Strayer, J. (2002). The dynamics of emotions and life cycle identity. Identity, 2(1), 47-79.

Studer, J. R. (2006). Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages applied to supervision. Guidance & Counseling, 21(3), 168-173.

Svetina, M. (2014). Resilience in the context of Erikson's theory of human development. Current Psychology, 33(3), 393-404.

Tessier, D. W., Hefner, J. L., & Newmeyer, A. (2014). Factors related to psychosocial quality of life for children with cerebral palsy. International Journal of Pediatrics, , 1-6.

Thimm, J. C. (2010). Relationships between early maladaptive schemas and psychosocial developmental task resolution. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 17(3), 219-230.

Tillery, R., Disabatino, K., Parra, G. R., Buckholdt, K. E., & Jobe-Shields, L. (2014). Examination of consistency of adolescent and parent reports across several psychosocial constructs. Personal Relationships, 21(4), 599-611.

Valentino, K., Cicchetti, D., Toth, S. L., & Rogosch, F. A. (2011). Mother–child play and maltreatment: A longitudinal analysis of emerging social behavior from infancy to toddlerhood. Developmental Psychology, 47(5), 1280-1294.

Wagner, K. D., Lorion, R. P., & Shipley, T. E. (1983). Insomnia and psychosocial crisis: Two studies of Erikson's developmental theory. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51(4), 595-603.

Wang, J., Henderson, J., & Harniman, J. (2013). An empirical study of coexisting relationships between area-specific support and early childhood development. Journal of Social Service Research, 39(2), 141-158.

Waterman, A. S., & Whitbourne, S. K. (1982). Androgyny and psychosocial development among college students and adults. Journal of Personality, 50(2), 121-133.

Weaver, Y. (2009). Mid-life—A time of crisis or new possibilities? Existential Analysis, 20(1), 69-78.

Wheeler, E. A., Ampadu, L. M., & Wangari, E. (2002). Lifespan development revisited: African-centered spirituality throughout the life cycle. Journal of Adult Development, 9(1), 71-78.

Whitbourne, S. K., Sayer, A., & Sneed, J. R. (2009). Psychosocial development from college through midlife: A 34-year sequential study. Developmental Psychology, 45(5), 1328-1340.

Wilt, J., Cox, K., & McAdams, D. (2010). The Eriksonian life story: Developmental scripts and psychosocial adaptation. Journal of Adult Development, 17(3), 156-161.

Wood, J., & Palmer, R. (2013). Understanding the personal goals of black male community college students: Facilitating academic and psychosocial development. Journal of African American Studies, 17(2), 222-241.

Yount, W. R. (2009). Transcendence and aging: The secular insights of Erikson and Maslow. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 21(1), 73-87.

Zeng-yin Chen, & Liu, R. X. (2014). Comparing adolescent only children with those who have siblings on academic related outcomes and psychosocial adjustment. Child Development Research, , 1-10.

Zhang, J., Middlestadt, S. E., & Cheng-Ye Ji. (2007). Psychosocial factors underlying physical activity. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity, 4, 38-10.

Zhang, L. F., & He, Y. F. (2011). Thinking styles and the Eriksonian stages. Journal of Adult Development, 18(1), 8-17.