IDENTITY VERSUS IDENTITY CONFUSION IN ADOLESCENT LIFE

Iana CIOBANU Moldova State University

Аннотация

Transformations that occur throughout the teenager's personality structure have particularly important implications: Physiological maturation, the development of the ability to know, the emergence of new desires and feelings are treated in this article. These give the teenager the impression that he is a totally new person, different from the child that was until recently. Abandoning the old identity sometimes creates the feeling of void, lack of landmarks and disorientation. In order to balance and rediscover himself, he seeks new identifications, new patterns of personality to relate to. Thus, the teenager gradually becomes aware not only of what he is, but also of what he can become. Keywords: behavior, structures, teenager, identity, society, interaction, affective and cognitive process, transformations, character.