Question

What are the factors influencing the formation of identity during adolescence?

Answer 1

Factors influencing identity formation in adolescents are:

Explanation:

• Identity formation provides a person’s individual mental representation, values, beliefs, commitments,  and what exactly he or she is.
• Adolescence begins the mark of differential physical growth and sexual maturation which itself causes a lot of issues in their identity formation.
• They should learn to accept these changes and identify themselves with those changes.
• This stage is the highly transitional period as it transitions between childhood and adulthood.
• They are no longer accepted as a child nor are they respected as adults.
• This interval treatment leads to feeling deprived of the childhood care by parents and others, burdened with lot of responsibilities in form of academic expectations, need to act more independently but at the same time cannot take huge decisions, new relations tend to set in with friends, peers, mates etc, all of which might influence identity formation.
• Family background, ethnic and religious background, and socioeconomic status are major deciding factors for identity formation in adolescents.