What roles did you play in your family? In your school? In your outside life? Were you comfortable in those roles? Were you comfortable recognizing that you actually played a number of different roles? How did you feel when your roles were in conflict . To what extent did these roles contribute to your sense of identity?
The development begins in early adolescence, when the child stands outside of him- or herself and starts to ask the question: who am I? which up to then s/he took for granted. In exploring this question, the child becomes aware of playing different roles. This questioning, Erikson argued, is most intense during adolescence, but questions […]