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Overview

James E. Marcia is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with focused subfields including Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Clinical Psychology.

Their work covers key topics such as:

  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

James E. Marcia collaborates with several researchers, notably frequently co-authoring with Jane Kroger.

Best Publications

  • Development and validation of ego-identity status.

    James E. Marcia

  • Identity status change during adolescence and young adulthood: A meta-analysis

    Jane Kroger;Monica Martinussen;James E. Marcia

  • The Identity Statuses: Origins, Meanings, and Interpretations

    Jane Kroger;James E. Marcia

  • The Ego Identity Status Approach to Ego Identity

    James E. Marcia

  • Identity and Psychosocial Development in Adulthood

    James E. Marcia

  • Ego identity status: relationship to change in self‐esteem, “general maladjustment,” and authoritarianism

    James E. Marcia

  • Ego identity status and the intimacy versus isolation crisis of young adulthood.

    Jacob L. Orlofsky;James E. Marcia;Ira M. Lesser

  • Moratorium-achievement (MAMA) cycles in lifespan identity development: value orientations and reasoning system correlates.

    Joanne Stephen;Eugene Fraser;James E. Marcia

  • Ego identity status in college women.

    James E. Marcia;Meredith L. Friedman

  • The Status of the Statuses: Research Review

    James E. Marcia

  • Identity six years after: A follow-up study.

    James E. Marcia

  • The empirical study of ego identity.

    James E. Marcia

  • Meta-Analytic Studies of Identity Status and the Relational Issues of Attachment and Intimacy

    Annie K. Årseth;Jane Kroger;Monica Martinussen;James E. Marcia

  • Eriksonian personality research and its implications for psychotherapy.

    James Marcia;Ruthellen Josselson

  • Attitudes toward premarital intercourse in determining ego identity status in college women.

    Susi Schenkel;James E. Marcia

  • Ego Identity, Intimacy, Sex Role Orientation, and Gender.

    Don G. Schiedel;James E. Marcia

  • Some Directions for the Investigation of Ego Development in Early Adolescence

    James E. Marcia

  • Identity and intervention.

    James E. Marcia

  • Common Processes Underlying Ego Identity, Cognitive/Moral Development, and Individuation

    Unknown

  • The relational roots of identity.

    James E. Marcia

  • Ego identity status and response to conformity pressure in college women.

    Nancy L. Toder;James E. Marcia

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane Kroger
Jane Kroger University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Monica Martinussen
Monica Martinussen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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