THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY AND MEANING DURING ADOLESCENCE
Paolo Gambini
ABSTRACT
This article delves into the correlation that exists between adolescents’
search for meaning and identity. Integrating the perspectives of general
psychology and social psychology, the study demonstrates that
adolescents face these two developmental tasks more implicitly than as
the result of personal reflection. The central idea lies in the fact that the
meanings one gives to reality—even before it is culturally interpreted—
are the fruit of what one directly experiences when coming into contact
with it.