Clear personal identity contributes to mental health.
I want to acquaint you with one important study for socionics about self-identification, which was carried out by a whole team of authors and published in the Europian Journal of Personality. Here is the source:
Seth J. Schwartz, Theo A. Klimstra, Koen Luyckx, William W. Hale III, Tom Frijns, Annerieke Oosterwegel, Pol AC Van Lier, Hans M. Koot, Wim HJ Meeus (2011). Daily Dynamics of European Journal of Personality, 25 , 373-385 DOI: 10.1002 / per.798
Background
During the study of 508 Dutch adolescents, psychologists came to the conclusion that awareness and clarification of personal identity is an important step in the process of growing up and maintaining good mental health. Scientists were looking for a link between the two categories:
- personal identity, understood as "a clear, internally consistent unity of goals, values and beliefs", and
- formation of the I-concept, understood as "the ability of the individual to feel confident and accept himself as he is."
A team of researchers found a positive correlation between personal identity and positivity of the self-concept.
Findings
Among adolescents, a strong commitment to a particular plan of action strengthens and clarifies an understanding of what they are. This sense of certainty has a positive effect on them, as it facilitates and justifies their adherence to their values. Scientists conclude that “the right balance between accepting values and revising them can be key to the development of adolescent identity.” Sometimes, fluctuations and revision of values are necessary for healthy development, but the daily struggle for a sense of identity can have negative consequences.
And now our position Socionics in a certain sense can be understood as the science of psychological identity, but it must be borne in mind that there are two different identities:
- the first identity is determined through the place of a person in a small group (for example, I am the leader of a group),
- the second identity is determined through the mission of a person in a large group (for example, I was born to explore the secrets of nature).
In any case, the study of socionics in adolescence could greatly contribute to the understanding and acceptance of their identity in both the first and second sense.
The authors of this work directly indicate the negative effects of fluctuations and torments that accompany the "daily struggle for a sense of identity." To me and to other professionals, this is very familiar. Some neophyte socionics for a long time can not understand themselves, and therefore deprived of the pleasure to find their natural self. Not wanting to part with the illusions about the combination of the incompatible (for example, they consider themselves extroverts and introverts at the same time), they make a radical but completely unreasonable conclusion that socionics, while establishing a specific type, is harmful.
It is difficult for us to imagine a person who sincerely considers himself, for example, a Muslim and a Christian at the same time. No less strange to hear from some people that they are, for example, sober realists, but at the same time ardent romantics. Some pole must be basic, without this there is no identity. Having such a shaky ground under your feet, you can earn personality disorder.
Seth J. Schwartz, Theo A. Klimstra, Koen Luyckx, William W. Hale III, Tom Frijns, Annerieke Oosterwegel, Pol AC Van Lier, Hans M. Koot, Wim HJ Meeus (2011). Daily Dynamics of European Journal of Personality, 25 , 373-385 DOI: 10.1002 / per.798
Background
During the study of 508 Dutch adolescents, psychologists came to the conclusion that awareness and clarification of personal identity is an important step in the process of growing up and maintaining good mental health. Scientists were looking for a link between the two categories:
- personal identity, understood as "a clear, internally consistent unity of goals, values and beliefs", and
- formation of the I-concept, understood as "the ability of the individual to feel confident and accept himself as he is."
A team of researchers found a positive correlation between personal identity and positivity of the self-concept.
Findings
Among adolescents, a strong commitment to a particular plan of action strengthens and clarifies an understanding of what they are. This sense of certainty has a positive effect on them, as it facilitates and justifies their adherence to their values. Scientists conclude that “the right balance between accepting values and revising them can be key to the development of adolescent identity.” Sometimes, fluctuations and revision of values are necessary for healthy development, but the daily struggle for a sense of identity can have negative consequences.
And now our position Socionics in a certain sense can be understood as the science of psychological identity, but it must be borne in mind that there are two different identities:
- the first identity is determined through the place of a person in a small group (for example, I am the leader of a group),
- the second identity is determined through the mission of a person in a large group (for example, I was born to explore the secrets of nature).
In any case, the study of socionics in adolescence could greatly contribute to the understanding and acceptance of their identity in both the first and second sense.
It is difficult for us to imagine a person who sincerely considers himself, for example, a Muslim and a Christian at the same time. No less strange to hear from some people that they are, for example, sober realists, but at the same time ardent romantics. Some pole must be basic, without this there is no identity. Having such a shaky ground under your feet, you can earn personality disorder.
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