Selected Recent Publications:

Ego Development and Identity

Pals, J.L. (1999). Identity consolidation in early adulthood: Relations with ego resiliency, the context of marriage, and personality change. Journal of Personality, 67, 295-329.

Pals, J.L., & John, O.P. (1998). How are dimensions of adult personality related to ego development? An application of the typological approach. In P.M. Westenberg, L. Cohn, & A. Blasi (Eds.), Personality development: Contributions of Jane Loevinger's ego development theory (113-131). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

John, O.P., Pals, J.L., & Westenberg, M. (1998). Personality prototypes and ego development: Conceptual similarities and relations in adult women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1093-1108.