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Self-Attitude Across Stages of Ontogenetic Development

SELF-ATTITUDE IN THE STAGES OF ONTOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT

Throughout ontogenetic development, individuals first develop a social self-attitude, which is subsequently complemented by an existential self-attitude.

The study aims to examine changes in self-attitude across stages of ontogenetic development. The theoretical framework proposes that individuals’ adaptation to their social environment suppresses their individuality, that this conflict begins in adolescence and becomes more pronounced in the second half of life, and that a need to develop an existential self-attitude arises in this context. The methods included the Stolin and Panteleev Self-Attitude Scale, the Eysenck Self-Assessment of Mental States, the Karelin Self-Esteem Level Test, and interviews. A total of 322 individuals were assessed in two age groups: 20–40 and 40–60 years. The findings fully supported the hypothesis that self-attitude is shaped by the socio-psychological conflict between individuals’ external experience (exo-experience) and internal experience (endo-experience). While self-attitude in the 20–40 age group is primarily socially dependent, it takes on a more reflexive and existential character in the 40–60 age group. The authors conclude that individuals can become genuine psychological bearers of social values only when they free themselves from dependence on the social world. No numerical test statistics or p-values were presented in the poster.

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