Research On The Relationship Between Attachment And Ego-identity Of Senior High School Students

Erikson considered that adolescent are in the stage of identity formation and identity confusion,the good development of ego-identity will form the quality of loyalty,for the improvement of the senior high school students’ personality and mental health development,the realization of self-worth,etc all have important influence.Senior high school students are in their teens,ego-identity formation is a huge challenge for high school students to explore their own path.And the exploration and commitment of ego-identity need the sense of security and trust as the support basis,Erikson believes that this sense of security and trust originated in the first place with his parents,it is because of parental attachment that support,senior high school students can be brave and confident to explore ego-identity;as senior high school students become independent and intimacy with peers,they’re increasingly relying on their peers for emotional support,and take this as the motive force to begin to carry on the exploration to the ego-identity,it can be said that the formation of ego-identity is inseparable from parents and peer attachment.In this study,540 study subjects were selected by stratified random sampling method,adopted the literature analysis,questionnaire survey and statistics method,selected The Inventory of Parenta and Peer Attachment and The Extend Objective Measure of Ego-Identity Status as research tool,to the high school attached to and self-identity of the overall situation,attachment and self-identity in the demographic variables on the differences and the correlation between attachment and self-identity,and discusses the relation between attachment and self-identity of research.The research conclusions are as follows:(1)Mother attachment level is the highest and father attachment level is the lowest of senior high school attached to the overall situation;(2)There is significant correlation between senior high school students’ attachment in grade,gender,subject,and whether their parents are working outside;(3)The overall status of ego-identity of high school students is that the degree of identity moratorium is the highest and the degree of identity foreclosure is the lowest.(4)There is a significant correlation between senior high school students’ego-identity in grade,gender,nationality,subjects,and whether their parents are working outside;(5)There is a significant correlation between attachment and ego-identity in senior high school students;(6)Senior high school students’ attachment has the function of predicting ego-identity,and peer attachment is the most predictive of ego-identity.According to the research conclusion,the following recommendations are made:(1)Parents should pay more attention to parental attachment and keep active attention to their children;(2)School education should strengthen the guidance of students to complete identity achievement;(3)There should be continuity in mental health division,which can increase the content of group counseling;(4)Senior high school students should face up to peer attachment by themselves,and learn to refuse.