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PERSONAL SOCIAL IDENTITY: AGE DYNAMICS // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2009. Issue 5 (83). P. 129-133

The article represents the results of the research in social identity structure at different age stages. It is shown that the age-related changes in social identity concern, primary, not social identity content, but identity components’ place in hierarchical structure of social identity

Keywords: the person, social identity, gender identity, age identity, ethnic identity

THE TEENAGERS INTERACTION WITH DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2009. Issue 11 (89). P. 135-138

The article represents the results of the empirical research devoted to a problem of interage interaction of teenagers. Interage interaction is considered by theoretical positions of social constructionist and social identity theories. It is shown, that teenagers are characterized by a high level of age tolerance which influences current of interaction with those age groups, which have limited experience of interaction (children and older persons). The interaction with other social groups is based on other social categorizations, besides age. The basis of subjective differentiation to estimations of interaction with various age groups is the status-role inequality of these groups.

Keywords: interage interaction, age ingroup, age outgroup, age stereotype, age tolerance