Adolescent Identity Formation and Its Relation to Neuroticism A Field Study on First-Year Secondary School Students in Homs


Abstract in English

The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between adolescent identity formation and neuroticism. The sample size of the study was 183 adolescents, 92 male students and 91 female students from the city of Homs. In this study, the researcher used Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (the dimension of neuroticism) and the identity formation questionnaire for adolescents, which was prepared by Fadia Bellah (2007). In 2013, Reem Atyah applied a psychometric study using this questionnaire on a sample of first year secondary school students in Damascus.

References used

Joudeh, Amal Abdelkader (2012): Narcissism and its relationship with neurosis in a sample of students of Al-Aqsa University. Journal of the Islamic University, Maj. (20), p (2), pp. 549-580
Blah, Fadia (2007). The development of knowledge and selfcentered and their relationship to identity. Unpublished PhD thesis, Cairo University. Cairo
Hafni, Abdel-Moneim (1999): Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Madbouli Library, 2, Cairo

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