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EARLY ADOLESCENT SELF |
Self-conceptions |
Concepts of ideal self are rarely identified. When understood, a result could be depression.
Beginning of abstract thinking of feared self. (Dread the image of what they are becoming.)
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Self-esteem |
Girls’ sense of self-worth and well-being decrease. They base this on their physical appearance.
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Variations of self-esteem are intense.
Self-esteem declines and then rises later.
Early adolescents are self-conscious and think people are judging them.
Early adolescents are peer-oriented.
They have cognitive capacities for sarcasm and ridicule.
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Emotional self |
Boys learn to assert their opinions; girls lose their “voice.”
Girls recognize conflict in gender.
Girls are aware that independence and assertiveness are valued.
Girls become more insecure. Problems of depression and eating disorders arise.
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