Imaginary audience and personal fable: a brief review.
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.
Buis
J M
JM
Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30303.
Thompson
D N
DN
D000293:Adolescent; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept