Abstract

The current article is an empirical approach reviewing the theories for the factors for formation of identity and self-conception in the adolescent. Under the theories for internal attribution and temporal perspective the study was conducted with teenagers between 11 and 18 years with different achievements. The aim is to show the relevance between the subjective affective involving and success in academic activity and realistic self-esteem that could enhance the abilities of students to create adequate plans and goals for future and mature self-conception.

Highlights

  • Competence and abilities are valued personal qualities in the contemporary globalized world

  • The current study aims to Þnd the correlation between academic involvement and motivation for learning – high achievements – stable orientation to success – clear temporal perspective and life planning – mature identity

  • Our goal was to examine if the subjective sense of competence and success and achieved temporal perspective are the main factors for identity development

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Introduction

Competence and abilities are valued personal qualities in the contemporary globalized world. The place where they can be recognized and developed is the school. They have important roles to educational and professional success and for process of self-assessment and planning of future goals that a subject will achieve in future. The last assumption is directly connected with the process of crystallization of identity. In this way, we investigate the signiÞcance of the achievements in the concrete academic or professional domain for formation of mature self-conception

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