The development of self-conceptions from childhood to adolescence.

Self-concept development from childhood to adolescence was studied from a cognitive-structural perspective. The responses of subjects to the question Who am I? were analyzed by means of a 30-category scoring system. Between child-hood and adolescence, there was a significant increase in self-conceptions categorized as follows: occupational role; existential, individuating; ideological and belief references; the sense of self-determination; the sense of unity; interpersonal style; and psychic style. A decrease occurred for self-conceptions based on territo-riality, citizenship; possessions, resources; and physical self, body image. Cur-vilinear age changes were found for the use of the categories sex; name; kinship