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Integrity Versus Despair

Integrity Versus Despair is a psychosocial stage in Erik Erikson’s theory of human development, constituting the eighth and final phase in which individuals reflect on their life achievements and, depending on the balance between a sense of fulfillment and regret, develop either ego integrity or despair.

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2017–2026

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Ego Integrity Versus Despair

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Publications

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Erikson’s Theory of Human Development as it Applies to the Aged: Wisdom as Contradictive Cognition

Vivian Clayton · Human Development · 2009 · 118 citations

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Ambitions Fulfilled? The Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Goal Attainment on Older Adults' Ego-Integrity and Death Attitudes

Alain Van Hiel, Maarten Vansteenkiste · The International Journal of Aging and Human Development · 2009 · 108 citations

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The Relation of Ego Integrity and Despair to Personality Traits and Mental Health

Gerben J. Westerhof, Ernst T. Bohlmeijer, Dan P. McAdams · The Journals of Gerontology Series B · 2015 · 74 citations · Full text

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Sense of coherence, depressive feelings and life satisfaction in older persons: a closer look at the role of integrity and despair

Jessie Dezutter, Ulrich Wiesmann, Silke Apers et al. · Aging & Mental Health · 2013 · 74 citations

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Between Integrity and Despair: Toward Construct Validation of Erikson’s Eighth Stage

Simon Hearn, Gary Saulnier, Janet Strayer et al. · Journal of Adult Development · 2011 · 70 citations

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Authors

52

  1. MF
    Milton F. Nehrke

    United States Department of Veterans Affairs, United States

    3 publications · 152 citations

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  2. JD
    Jessie Dezutter

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    3 publications · 139 citations

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  3. UW
    Ulrich Wiesmann

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  4. MV
    Maarten Vansteenkiste

    Ghent University, Belgium

    2 publications · 134 citations

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  5. LT
    Loren Toussaint

    Luther College, United States

    2 publications · 65 citations

    2

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Institutions

29

  1. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    391 citations

  2. Luther College

    Decorah, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  3. Bath VA Medical Center

    Bath Beach, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    105 citations

  4. Universitätsmedizin Greifswald

    Greifswald, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    114 citations

  5. Canandaigua VA Medical Center

    Canandaigua, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  6. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    74 citations

  7. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  8. Royal College of Physicians

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

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  2. Aging & Mental Health

    2 publications · 113 citations

    3

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  3. The Journals of Gerontology Series B

    2 publications · 100 citations

    2

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  4. Educational and Psychological Measurement

    1 publications · 47 citations

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