P. Macek et L. Osecka, THE IMPORTANCE OF ADOLESCENTS SELVES - DESCRIPTION, TYPOLOGY AND CONTEXT, Personality and individual differences, 21(6), 1996, pp. 1021-1027
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
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