Adolescents’ self-identity and self-concept: psychological bases of the problem

Abstract

Self-concept plays a vital role in a person's life. It contributes to defining self-identity and successful adaptation, forms and maintains a person's value structure, and ensures personal integrity and the stability of external behavioral manifestations. Furthermore, self-concept can determine a person's direction and is the source of self-esteem and aspirations, which, combined with real achievements, influence motivation and self-satisfaction. Self-concept also encompasses those personal qualities that support the establishment of identity, its manifestation and self-development, and self-realization in the profession, determining one's attitude toward academic activities and interactions with the professional and social environment.