Study on the Structuring of Self-image in Early Childhood

摘要

Self-concept - the capacity of a person to realize his/her physical and psychic readiness and to act in the direction of discovering new inherent particulars represents a rather late acquisition in human development, nevertheless having multiple implications on the level of personality structure. Self-image, a product of self-concept represents the essential reference point of behavioural and emotional self-regulation. The present study proposes to demonstrate the dynamics of the structuring of self-image (the real self) in early childhood, as well as the identification of the sources which facilitate the process of self-knowledge.