title: Imaginary audience and personal fable: a brief review.
abstract: A review of the literature was conducted on two aspects of adolescent egocentrism: the imaginary audience and the personal fable. Results yielded contradictory findings in most areas of the research. Reasons for these contradictions are explored and suggestions for future research presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30303.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Buis
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept