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For the first time, social analysis of ethnic identity’s features in the structure of self-esteem of
teenagers in comparison with the structure of adolescent self-esteem of the older generation is
conducted.
Adolescence - is a sensitive period for development of self-esteem and self-conscious regulation
of their actions. During this period, the adolescent attitude to himself is developed, matching his
personal features with the features of other people, other nations, and other age groups.
But each generation of teenagers is going through this period and tries to solve the problems
inherent in its own way, under the new historical conditions of society.
For a teenager become a significant position, "I and the public." Teenager turns to the self-
analysis, to compare himself to others, he formed value orientations, formed
relatively stable patterns
of behavior that are not so much in the image of a particular person, but in the specific requirements
that teens make on people and themselves [1, 2, 3].
Savonko E.I. found that a marked shift in the orientation to self-esteem is in the period of
adolescence. The increasing focus on self-assessment in the regulation of behavior emphasizes the
continuity of the child's transition to higher and higher levels of mental development, the complexity
of its
self-consciousness,
self-regulation and, in particular, built on self-esteem. [4].
We conclude that socialization factors play an important role in the development of self-esteem.
By their nature, self-esteem is a social phenomenon, and is therefore important to study the impact of
social conditions on the formation of self-esteem among adolescents in contemporary society.
One of these social conditions is gaining independence the Republic of Kazakhstan, which should
definitely be reflected in the characteristics of the modern self-Kazakh teenagers.
Interest to modern ethno-psychological
studies is renewed, as reflected in the analysis of the
psychological aspect of ethnicity - "ethnic identity." This is reflected in an article "Anthropology and
ethnicity" by Margaret Mead [5].
Stefanenko T.G. indicates that ethnic identity is the result of cognitive-emotional process of
awareness itself as the representative of the ethnic group, a certain degree of unidentified with it, and
isolation from other ethnic groups [6]. Undoubtedly, ethnic identity is an integral part of social
identity, in this regard, there are attempts to highlight its specific features in the psychological
literature.
In the post-Soviet space the problem of ethnic identity has become particularly important due to
the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The emergence of independent and sovereign states led to the search for a national identity.
Today the problem of ethnic identity accordingly acquired the status of a strategic, resulting in a
search of the national idea, promoting social integration.
The sense of ethnic identity among the Kazakhs exposed to strong destructive factors during the
period of Kazakhstan’s development in the Soviet Union.
However, studies have shown that the situation has significantly changed
in recent years due to
the sovereignty and independence of Kazakhstan. This has led to an increase of ethno-social status of
Kazakhs as nation, which forming ethnos, who had given the name of the country, to develop a sense
of self-respect and pride for his nation, respect for one's mother tongue.
In other words, we need to pay more attention to the preservation and strengthening of positive
ethnic identity through the formation of a positive - emotional relationship to the ethnic group on the
basis of knowledge of their culture, their language, traditions, which will contribute to maintaining
the individual inner desire to follow them.
Thus, it can be considered the best way of Kazakh society is taking
the path of integration of
current trends in the world of information, technology, economics, politics, but with the preservation
of their own culture, traditions, language, and national character.
Analysis of the phenomenon of ethnic identity leads come to the conclusion that it is not a static
form and under the influence of various factors can be transformed. And this means that particular
ethnic stereotypes determined by the specifics of ethnic identity - the degree of its formation and its
variations.
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Therefore, in modern foreign, and especially in the domestic ethnic psychology,
the problem of
ethnic identity and its transformation in the post-Soviet period is one of the main subjects of
theoretical and empirical studies of ethnic psychology.
According to Dzhakupov S.M, the content of the general fund of semantic structures is based on
various characteristics of the subject-subject space, including the ethnic picture of the world of
interacting actors, appearing in the individual characteristics of mental activity [7].
Among modern Kazakh teenagers these processes occur in the new conditions of life, associated
with the acquisition of the state sovereignty of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In connection with this young Kazakhs more aware of belonging to the titular nation, the
language for the first time in recent history has gained the status of official language. On the formation
of ethnic identity of adolescents inevitably affect the geopolitical changes in the society.
For a new generation of young Kazakh important factor in the development of their personality
is the country gained independence. However, in modern psychological literature there are no reliable
data on any changes in their national identity and self-esteem. This determines the novelty of our
study, its theoretical and practical importance.
Features of self-esteem of modern Kazakh teenagers are, first, to its higher level
in comparison
with older teenagers, and secondly, the structural similarity with the previous generation, having a
private nature, which speaks as of succession, and of the differences of self-assessment between two
generations of teenagers.
There is a similarity in the private structure of self-esteem of modern Kazakh teenagers and
adolescents of older generation by qualities received the highest and lowest scores. The structure of
self-esteem of modern teenagers is significantly different from that of adolescent of older generation
towards more differentiated.
In general, the general structure of the self-esteem of modern Kazakh teenagers is a more
balanced and symmetrical pattern, while the general structure of adolescent self-esteem of the older
generation is an asymmetric distribution of scores with explicit component
of ethnic identity as the
lead managers.
Thus, comparing the role of ethnic identity component in the general structure of self-esteem, it
can be concluded that a component of ethnic identity came in the fourth place in importance and no
longer plays a leading role, as the older generation of teenagers.
The ethnic identity of modern Kazakh adolescents revealed both similarities and differences with
the peculiarities of ethnic identity of young people of the older generation.
The relevance of the development of ethnic identity and self-esteem of teenagers is important in
the new conditions of life of state independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as is the need to take
account of new scientific data to improve performance with teenagers.
Summarizing our research note that adolescence is the age of rapid development of the
individual. Modern conditions of state sovereignty of the Republic of Kazakhstan create new living
conditions for the dynamic development of ethnic identity of teenagers and development of the
structure of their self-esteem.
The relevance of the development of ethnic identity and self-esteem of teenagers is important in
the new conditions of life of state independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as is the need to take
account of new scientific data to improve performance with teenagers.
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