Role of Critical Thinking in Ego Identity Statuses Among Adolescents

The study aimed at examining the role of critical thinking in ego identity statuses (identity achievement, identity moratorium, identity foreclosure and identity diffusion) among adolescents. Three hypotheses were formulated for empirical verification. These are: Identity achieved adolescents would be high on critical thinking as compared to diffusions, foreclosures and moratoriums; Moratorium adolescents would be high on critical thinking as compared to diffusions and foreclosures; Foreclosure adolescents would be high on critical thinking as compared to diffusions. The study was conducted on 100 adolescents (their age ranges between 17-21). The research methods include Extended Objective Measure of Ego-Identity Status - R (Bennion & Adams, 1986) and Watson-Glaser Critical thinking Appraisal - R (Watson & Glaser, 1994). Data were analyzed using one way analysis of variance. The result findings showed that foreclosures were found to be high on critical thinking as compared to diffusions.