THE IMPORTANCE OF ADOLESCENTS SELVES - DESCRIPTION, TYPOLOGY AND CONTEXT

Real self and ideal self are seen as important determinants of self-sa tisfaction or self-acceptance. Specific importance can be ascribed to other self-representations such as the unwanted self, and the self acc ording to significant others. Empirical study was oriented towards the description of subjective importance of the self-modalities (total sa mple 745 subjects, a mean age 15.8 years). Results indicate a stabilit y of high importance self according to parents, and of the importance of the actual, ideal, and unwanted self of adolescents. Three empirica l types were identified: External anchored, less autonomous self-conce pt (Type 1), autonomously anchored, parents influenced self-concept (T ype 2), and autonomously anchored, peers influenced self-concept (Type 3). Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.