Forming Ego Identity and its relationship with Social Responsibility among Northern Border University students' in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The study aims to reveal the relationship between the formation of ego identity and the social responsibility of the students of the Northern Border University in Saudi Arabia and explores the effect of gender on the formation of ego identity. The study sample consists of 672 students (324 males, 348 females). Instruments included the objective measure of the ego identity and the scale of social responsibility. Pearson correlation coefficient and independent samples t-test were used. The results indicated that there is a significant correlation between levels of ideological identity, social identity, total ego identity and some dimensions of social responsibility, and the total score. Furthermore, results showed that there are significant differences between males and females in some levels of ideological identity, social identity, total ego identity, which includes achievement and foreclosure in favor of males and moratorium for females.