Adolescent Egocentrism

Adolescent Egocentrism

heightened self-consciousness of adolescents

two types of social thinking

personal fable and imaginary audience

personal fable

sense of personal uniqueness or invincibility

imaginary audience

others are as interested in them as they themselves are

test imaginary audience subscales

transitory and abiding

Bell and Bromnick

i. 361 14-15 year-olds expressed their worries and concerns using grounded theory methodology

ii. Concluded that “adolescents worry about what other people think because there are real personal and social consequences”

iii. Imaginary audience is based in social reality