251 college graduates(158 male and 93 female)in Taiwan, provided responses on identity status development (diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, and identity-achievement status) scale, self-certainty scale, occupational-decision scale, satisfaction of learning scale, and perceivedparental socialization styles scores. The results of the study revealed that (1) Most of the female graduates were in moratoriums, male graduateswere more identity-achiever. (2) The graduates who had higher self-certainty tend to be more identity-achiever. (3) The relationships between identity status and occupational-decision, satisfaction of learning revealed no significant difference. (4) The relationships between identity status and perceived parentalsocialization styles comparisons revealed evidence for perceived socializationpracticed by parents that significantly differentiate the identystatus groups.
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