CHAPTER XXIV
TYPOLOGIES OF IDENTITY : MODELS II AND III
24.1 Introduction ∙
The possibilities open to urban Aborigines in the choice of
identity were seen to be
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Ego-identity - appropriation of a positive
objective reality
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Negative identity - interaction with the negative
tyρification of white society
in general and/or interaction
with negative tyρifications
institutionalised in Aboriginal
' society
Identity-diffusion - the inability to form an identity,
due to the pressures of competing
universes of meaning.
It was proposed to use Erikson's typologies of identityɪ in
order to organize the study of the subjective appropriation of Aboriginal
identity. The research questions and hypotheses relevant to this
question will be found on page 51. The following hypothesis was
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advanced:
Hypothesis 3.1a
It is hypothesized that Aboriginal students will
manifest characteristics of identity-diffusion or
negative identity.
24.2 Components of ego-identity
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24,21 Trust∕distrust-expectation of rejection
2 .
The components of ego-identity are set out above . The particular
areas of trust∕distrust, autonomy lack of autonomy and functional
constancy will be examined through a study of Schedule II statements.
ɪsee p. 31 ff. above.
^See pp. 30-31, 33. '