mean that adolescents become confused about their actual selves.

Adolescents think of themselves differently than younger children do in

many ways. Adolescents acquire the ability to describe themselves in

contradictory terms which may be confusing to adolescents as they try to

sort out the real self from the different aspects of themselves that

appear in different situations, and which may indicate that they

recognise that their feelings and behaviour could vary from day to day

and from situation to situation.

be confusing to adolescents as they try to sort out the real self from

the different aspects of themselves that appear in different situations.