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The present study investigated two predictors of adolescent egocentrism: formal operational ability and interpersonal understanding. Participants included 87 adolescents from four age groups. Two measures of adolescent egocentrism, two formal operations tasks, and an interview assessing level of interpersonal understanding were administered. Results showed that interpersonal understanding level predicted egocentrism as measured by the personal fable subscale of the Adolescent Egocentrism-Sociocentrism scale, whereas formal operations was not a predictor of any form of adolescent egocentrism. Implications for future research and the relationship between egocentrism and social cognitive development are discussed.
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This study is based on the master's thesis work of the first author, which was directed by the second author.
Received Ph.D. from Wayne State University. Research interest in adult social-cognitive development. To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Casper Jahnke, H., Blanchard-Fields, F. A test of two models of adolescent egocentrism. J Youth Adolescence 22, 313–326 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537795
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