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The Relationship Between the First Seven Stages of Eriksonʹs Psychosocial Stage Development and the Eighth Stage "Ego Integrity vs. Despair" of the Khuzestan Elderly

The present research reports the relationship between the first seven stages of Eriksonʹs psychosocial stage development and the eighth stage "ego integrity v s. despair" of the old women and men living in the various towns of Khuzestan. Three samples consisting of 690 subjects were randomly selected for this research project: 469 subjects (237 women and 232 men) for testing the hypotheses. 171 subjects for the scale validation, and 50 suebjects for the pilot study. The hypotheses of the study maintained simple and multiple relationships between the first seven stages of Eriksonʹs psychosocial stage development and the eighth stage. The scale used for this study was the "Modified Erikson Psychosocial stage Inventory." The results, Confirming The hypotheses, indicated that there are significant relationships between the first seven stages of Eriksonʹs psychosocial development and the eighth stage "ego integrity vs. despair."