A Personality Measure of Erikson's Life Stages: The Inventory of Psychosocial Balance

The development and initial validation of the Inventory of Psychosocial Balance (LPB), designed to assess all eight Eriksonian psychosocial stages, is described. A pool of 208 items that survived a clinical analysis was administered to 528 subjects and then factor analyzed. The resulting eight facto...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 1990, Vol.54 (3-4), p.576-588
Main Authors: Domino, George, Affonso, Dyanne D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over - psychology
Aging - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Defense Mechanisms
Ego
Female
Humans
Life Change Events
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Personality Development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reference Values
Techniques and methods
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Summary:The development and initial validation of the Inventory of Psychosocial Balance (LPB), designed to assess all eight Eriksonian psychosocial stages, is described. A pool of 208 items that survived a clinical analysis was administered to 528 subjects and then factor analyzed. The resulting eight factors parallel the eight stages and account for 72.34% of the total variance. Subsequent administrations of the IPB to various samples indicate adequate internal consistency and high test-retest reliability; significant correlations with the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) Social Maturity Index; consistent Q-sort portraits of high-scoring and low-scoring women; negligible correlations with test taking response styles, intelligence, and measures of psychopathology; and moderate developmental trends.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1080/00223891.1990.9674021