Imaginary audience and personal fable: a brief review

A review of the literature was conducted on two aspects of adolescent egocentrism: the imaginary audience and the personal fable. Results yielded contradictory findings in most areas of the research. Reasons for these contradictions are explored and suggestions for future research presented.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Adolescence 1989-12, Vol.24 (96), p.773-781
Hauptverfasser:	Buis, K.M, Thompson, D.N
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	4-H Youth Development Program Adolescent adolescents Biological and medical sciences Child Development Children & youth Cognition cognitive development Defense Mechanisms Developmental psychology egocentrism Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Imagination Indexing in process Male Psychology, Adolescent Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Self Concept self-perception social behavior youth development
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Zusammenfassung:	A review of the literature was conducted on two aspects of adolescent egocentrism: the imaginary audience and the personal fable. Results yielded contradictory findings in most areas of the research. Reasons for these contradictions are explored and suggestions for future research presented.
ISSN:	0001-8449