A STUDY OF INTROSPECTIVENESS IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG-ADULTS

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between intr ospectiveness and the theoretically related variables of close friend solidarity, self-esteem, and symptom patterns in early middle, and lat e adolescents, us well as in young adults. Samples of early (n = 103), middle (n = 107), and late adolescents (n = 101) as well as young adu lts (n = 70) completed the Introspectiveness Scale, the Close Friend S olidarity Instrument, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Symptom Pattern Scale in classroom settings. Hypotheses were tested using Pea rson correlations, with a one-tailed test of significance. Introspecti veness was statistically, significantly and positively related to clos e friend solidarity in all adolescents but not in young adults; intros pectiveness was statistically, significantly and inversely related to self-esteem in all adolescents but not in young adults. Finally, intro spectiveness was statistically, significantly, and positively related to symptom patterns in all adolescents and in young adults.