Vol 5, No 1, 2006 pp. 87-102
UDC 159.923.2:616.89-008.441]-053.6
EGO DEVELOPMENT AND THE ANXIETY
OF GIFTED ADOLESCENTS
Snežana Vidanović1, Vesna
Anđelković
Faculty of Philosophy, Niš
neza54@gmail.com
This paper provides the results of a research project aimed primarily
at
discovering the differences in the stages of ego development
(Washington
University Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development - WUSCT) and the
level of anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory- Form Y, STAI - Form Y)
among artistically and musically gifted adolescents and their
high-school
peers (120 subjects, aged 17 to 19). The stages of ego development are
determined according to the theoretical and methodological postulates
of
Jane Loevinger (1976) which assume that it is possible to understand
interpersonal
behavior, interests, values and self control with the help of specific
cognitive strategies, specific personal needs and the anxiety levels.
The
anxiety level is being defined according to the theoretical and
methodological
postulates of Spielberger at al. (1983). They look into and
evaluate
the exposure of two anxiety dimensions: state anxiety (STAI-S)
and
trait anxiety (STAI-T).
The results we have obtained show that there is no significant
difference
in the stages of ego development between gifted adolescents and high
school
students. We have found no difference between these two groups in
the level of trait and state anxiety either (both in the whole sample
and
in the sub-samples with regard to gender). Only the group of male
high school students produced a negative correlation between the stages
of ego development and the levels of trait and state anxiety.
Key words: ego development,
anxiety, artistically and musicallygifted adolescents.
EGO RAZVOJ I ANKSIOZNOST NADARENIH
ADOLESCENATA
U radu se iznose rezultati istraživanja koje je pre svega bilo usmereno
na otkrivanje razlika u stadijumima ego razvoja (Washington University
Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development � WUSCT) i nivoima trenutne
i opšte anksioznosti (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory- Form Y, STAI -
Form
Y) kod likovno i muzički nadarenih adolescenata i njihovih vršnjaka iz
gimnazije (120 ispitanika, uzrasta od 17 do 19 god.). Stadijumi ego
razvoja
su određeni prema teorijskim i metodološkim postavkama Jane Loevinger
prema
kojim je moguće razumeti interpersonalno ponašanje, interesovanja,
vrednosti
i samokontrolu na osnovu specifičnih kognitivnih strategija,
specifičnih
potreba osobe i prisutne anksioznosti. Nivo anksioznosti je definisan u
okviru teorijskih i metodoloških postulata Spielberger i sar. (1983).
Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da ne postoji razlika u stadijumu ego
razvoja između nadarenih adolescenata i gimnazijalaca. Takođe, između
ove
dve grupe ne postoji razlika u nivou trenutne i opšte anksioznosti
(kako
na celom uzorku, tako i na poduzorcima i u odnosu na pol). Samo kod
gimnazijalaca
muškog pola postoji negativna korelacija između stadijuma ego razvoja i
nivoa obe dimenzije anksioznosti.
Ključne reči: ego razvoj,
anksioznost,
muzički i likovno nadareni adolescenti
