ABSTRACT

Counseling professionals and trainees are encouraged to address clients’ presenting concerns through a developmental lens. A versatile theory appears to be Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development, which looks at the human being through the lifespan approach. Through a cross-sectional quantitative method, this study explored the relationship between completion of Erikson’s fourth psychosocial stage and a Christian’s perceived assurance of salvation. Responses from 105 participants indicated that there was no statistically significant correlation between completion of Erikson’s fourth stage and perceived assurance of salvation. However, mean tests revealed gender, generational, and academic differences in the perceived assurance of salvation. Implications for pastors and counselors are explored.

摘要

鼓励咨询专业人士和受训人员通过发展视角解决客户提出的问题。一个多才多艺的理论似乎是埃里克森的心理社会发展理论，它通过寿命方法来看待人类。通过横断面定量方法，本研究探讨了埃里克森第四个心理社会阶段的完成与基督徒感知到的救赎保证之间的关系。来自 105 名参与者的回答表明，完成埃里克森的第四阶段与感知到的得救保证之间没有统计学上的显着相关性。然而，平均测试揭示了在感知到的得救保证方面存在性别、代际和学术差异。探讨了对牧师和辅导员的影响。