The main methodological approaches to the study of the selfimage in Russian and foreign psychology

Gutova Tamara Sergeevna, Popova Yulia Ivanovna, Marukhno Vasilisa Mikhailovna

The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of the problem of the image of the self in psychological science. The main methodological approaches to the definition of the concepts of "self-image", "self-consciousness", "self-concept" in various psychological theories are analyzed. It is shown that the concepts of "self-image", "self-awareness", "self-concept" in most studies are interpreted as identical concepts. The formation and development of the image of the Self presupposes the presence of stages of its formation and structural components, which in a number of the authors' studies are designated in different ways. The formation of the self-image occurs mainly in adolescence, but the development of self-awareness does not stop there.

Keywords:Self-image, Self-image structure, self-awareness, self-esteem, Self-concept of personality.