PsychosocialDevelopment in a sample of High School Students According to Erikson Theory (comparative study)

The study aimed to identify the differences inpsychosocial development and the differences in the fifth stage (Identity versus Role Confusion) according to the Erikson theory, depending on the variable of the school stage, between the 9th grade students and the 12thgrade of high school students in the State of Kuwait,A measure of Psychosocial Development prepared by Hawley 1988 and translated to Arabic by Hussein al-Ghamdi 2010. Was administered to the sample consisted of (74) 9th grade students, and (74) 12th grade secondary students. Results showed that the 12th grade secondary students were higher than the 9th grade students in both of the psychosocial development and the fifth stage (Identity versus role confusion), Indicates that the development of psychosocial growth and the development of identity are related to aging, and that growth is an evolutionary phenomenon.