"Everybody is looking at me": imaginary audience, identity and social context

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dc.contributor.advisorViolato, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorVanderWerf, Jeffrey Peter
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-08T19:38:19Z
dc.date.available2005-08-08T19:38:19Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 60-65en
dc.description.abstractThe relationships between the imaginary audience and identity development, gender and the social educational context were explicated. One hundred and nineteen post secondary students (mean age 22.57, 100 females, 19 males) completed the Extended Objective Measure of Ego-Identity Status, Adolescent Egocentrism Scale and New Imaginary Audience Scale. Demographic information was also collected. ANOV AS, t-tests and correlations were run to investigate group differences in imaginary audience effects based on gender, identity status and social context (primarily educational status: newer vs. more experienced students). Two results contradict earlier studies: there was no significant difference based on gender, and non-crisis identity statuses (foreclosure and diffusion) showed greater audience effects than crisis identity statuses (moratorium and achievement). Some direct and indirect support was found for the hypothesis that social context plays a role in creating the imaginary audience.
dc.format.extentviii, 79 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationVanderWerf, J. P. (2002). "Everybody is looking at me": imaginary audience, identity and social context (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19063en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/19063
dc.identifier.isbn0612762629en
dc.identifier.lccAC1 .T484 2002 V365en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/39620
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject.lccAC1 .T484 2002 V365en
dc.subject.lcshSelf-perception in adolescence
dc.subject.lcshAdolescent psychology
dc.subject.lcshSocial perception
dc.subject.lcshIdentity (Psychology) in adolescence
dc.title"Everybody is looking at me": imaginary audience, identity and social context
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineApplied Psychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1412 501888805
ucalgary.thesis.additionalcopy370 EDC 2002 VANen
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
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