Self-relation of adolescents in a family with a step-father.
This article represents an empirical study of adolescent's self-relation in a family where the mother has re-married. In many studies self-awareness and its functional aspect--self-relation--are selected as new stages in adolescence. The family is considered to be the most important factor in a child's and adolescent's personality development. Literature reviews on the specifics of a child's development in a family with a second marriage present some of the problems facing the parents and children in it. In the present article, problems of relations between children and parents are discussed. A principal finding of this report is that adolescents from families with a stepfather have a less flexible self-relation than adolescents from families with the biological father; to have a positive self-relation they need defence mechanisms. At the same time, analysis of adolescents' drawings shows that adolescents from families with a stepfather exclude themselves from the family system. In addition, the article discusses gender differences in self-relation in two types of families.
Belogai
Ksenia N
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Department of General Psychology and Developmental Psychology, Office 6220, Kemerovo State University, Krasnaya Str.6, 650043 Kemerovo, Russia. belogi@mail.ru
D000293:Adolescent; D001154:Art; D001364:Awareness; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004644:Emotions; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012929:Psychological Distance; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors