['
THE
', 'MANY
', 'FACES
', 'OF
', 'THE
', 'SELF(THE
', 'SELF-CONCEPT
', 'IN
', 'THE
', 'CONTEMORARY
', 'REALITY)The
', 'monograph
', 'outlines
', 'the
', 'results
', 'from
', 'several
', 'projects,
', 'trying
', 'to
', 'answer
', 'three
', 'research
', 'questions:1)
', 'What
', 'are
', 'the
', 'worries,
', 'excitements
', 'and
', 'interests
', 'of
', 'young
', 'people
', 'in
', 'Bulgaria
', 'today?
', '2)
', 'Are
', 'there
', 'changes
', 'in
', 'the
', 'rate
', 'of
', 'objectives,
', 'values,
', 'and
', 'identity
', 'formation
', 'and
', 'attainment?
', '3)
', 'What
', 'are
', 'the
', 'suggested
', 'integrative
', 'guidelines
', 'for
', 'effective
', 'interaction
', 'with
', 'adolescents
', 'and
', 'youths?
', 'Projects
', 'study
', 'the
', 'Real,
', 'Ideal
', 'and
', 'Ought
', 'Self;
', 'derealization
', '–
', 'physical,
', 'psychic
', 'and
', 'from
', 'the
', 'reality;
', 'coping
', 'strategies;
', 'presence
', 'of
', 'meaning
', 'and
', 'search
', 'for
', 'meaning;
', 'attachment
', 'style;
', 'life
', 'attitudes
', 'of
', 'adolescents
', 'and
', 'young
', 'adults;
', 'and
', 'realized
', 'projects,
', 'integrating
', 'online
', 'and
', 'offline
', 'interactions,
', 'promoting
', 'prosocial
', 'behavior,
', 'facilitated
', 'by
', 'the
', 'virtual
', 'self
', 'and
', 'social
', 'networks.The
', 'projects
', 'have
', 'been
', 'realized
', 'in
', 'the
', 'period
', '2016-2019,
', 'with
', 'mixed
', 'qualitative
', 'and
', 'quantative
', 'research
', 'design.
', '442
', 'participants
', 'in
', 'total
', '-
', '283,
', 'aged
', '15-25
', 'and
', '159,
', 'aged
', '15-50,
', 'took
', 'part
', 'in
', 'the
', 'research.
', 'We
', 'can
', 'summarize
', 'the
', 'results
', 'in
', 'few
', 'directions:
', '•
', 'For
', 'this
', 'sample
', 'derealization
', 'can
', 'be
', 'described
', 'as
', 'conscious
', 'coping
', 'strategy
', '–
', 'compensation
', 'of
', 'deficits
', 'without
', 'causing
', 'direct
', 'problems
', 'and
', 'leading
', 'to
', 'physical
', 'or
', 'psychic
', 'derealization.
', '•
', 'Life
', 'meaning
', 'has
', 'negative
', 'relation
', 'to
', 'derealization.
', 'Search
', 'for
', 'meaning
', 'on
', 'its
', 'part
', 'is
', 'not
', 'related
', 'to
', 'derealization.
', 'Presence
', 'of
', 'meaning
', 'has
', 'negative
', 'correlation
', 'with
', 'search
', 'of
', 'meaning.
', 'Lack
', 'of
', 'life
', 'meaning
', 'promotes
', 'intentional
', 'conscious
', 'derealization
', 'from
', 'the
', 'environment.•
', 'For
', 'this
', 'sample
', 'Real
', 'Self
', 'is
', 'the
', 'most
', 'known,
', 'generating
', 'most
', 'free
', 'associations.
', 'Ideal
', 'and
', 'Ought
', 'Self
', 'generated
', 'much
', 'less
', 'associations.
', 'Furthermore,
', 'Real
', 'self
', 'generated
', 'a
', 'lot
', 'of
', 'categories
', 'of
', 'associations
', 'in
', 'all
', 'life
', 'domains,
', 'demonstrating
', 'adequate
', 'self-reflection
', 'skills.
', 'On
', 'the
', 'contrary,
', 'both
', 'the
', 'Ideal
', 'and
', 'Ought
', 'Self
', 'generated
', 'mainly
', 'self-assertive
', 'associations.
', 'This
', 'is
', 'indicative
', 'for
', 'the
', 'social
', 'pressure
', 'and
', 'perceived
', 'model
', 'for
', 'ideal
', 'and
', 'experienced
', 'expectations
', 'of
', 'the
', '
others
', 'and
', 'the
', 'society
', 'as
', 'a
', 'whole.
', 'On
', 'the
', 'other
', 'hand,
', 'very
', 'positive
', 'is
', 'that
', 'people
', 'tend
', 'to
', 'know
', 'and
', 'describe
', 'their
', 'Real
', 'self
', 'not
', 'only
', 'in
', 'respect
', 'to
', 'the
', 'norms,
', 'but
', 'depending
', 'on
', 'their
', 'personal
', 'values
', 'and
', 'preferences.•
', 'Daily
', 'use
', 'of
', 'social
', 'networks
', 'has
', 'effect
', 'of
', 'physical
', 'and
', 'physic
', 'derealization.
', 'The
', 'more
', 'is
', 'the
', 'time
', 'spend
', 'online,
', 'the
', 'higher
', 'is
', 'the
', 'risk
', 'of
', 'derealization.
', '•
', 'The
', 'higher
', 'is
', 'the
', 'emotion-focused
', 'and
', 'problem-focused
', 'engagement,
', 'the
', 'lower
', 'are
', 'attachment
', 'anxiety
', 'and
', 'avoidance.
', 'The
', 'more
', 'problem-focused
', 'are
', 'the
', 'adolescents,
', 'the
', 'more
', 'emotional
', 'support
', 'seekers
', 'they
', 'are.
', 'High
', 'avoidance
', 'and
', 'anxiety
', 'in
', 'attachment
', 'on
', 'their
', 'hand
', 'lead
', 'to
', 'passive
', 'coping
', '–
', 'decreased
', 'cognitive
', 'reorganization
', 'and
', 'emotion-focused
', 'coping.
', '•
', 'Cognitive
', 'reorganization
', 'is
', 'the
', 'coping
', 'strategy,
', 'preferred
', 'by
', 'the
', 'outstanding
', 'students.
', 'In
', 'the
', 'other
', 'end
', '–
', 'students
', 'with
', 'criminal
', 'behavior
', '-
', 'prefer
', 'self-criticism,
', 'suppress
', 'their
', 'emotions
', 'and
', 'are
', 'passive
', 'at
', 'all.
', 'In
', 'general,
', 'for
', 'young
', 'people
', 'most
', 'intensive
', 'is
', 'the
', 'effect
', 'of
', 'the
', 'global
', 'society,
', 'discrepancy
', 'of
', 'the
', 'social
', 'needs
', 'and
', 'the
', 'environment,
', 'offered
', 'by
', 'the
', 'institutions.
', 'The
', 'attitudes
', 'and
', 'opinions
', 'of
', 'the
', 'young
', 'people
', 'on
', 'the
', 'hot
', 'topics
', 'of
', 'the
', 'day
', 'are
', 'polar
', '–
', 'they
', 'either
', 'support
', 'or
', 'reject
', 'phenomena,
', 'without
', 'giving
', 'personal
', 'sense
', 'and
', 'going
', 'deep
', 'into
', 'the
', 'topics.
', 'Nowadays
', 'we
', 'face
', 'the
', 'challenge
', 'of
', 'the
', 'new
', 'age
', 'and
', 'the
', 'need
', 'of
', 'clear
', 'short
', 'messages,
', 'which
', 'youths
', 'to
', 'be
', 'able
', 'to
', 'find
', 'well
', 'archived
', 'in
', 'the
', 'virtual
', 'environment.
', 'These
', 'interactions
', 'aim
', 'to
', 'influence
', 'on
', 'the
', 'norm
', '–
', 'the
', 'social
', 'norms
', 'approach
', 'suggests
', 'that
', 'the
', 'lesser
', 'the
', 'actual
', 'norm
', 'is
', 'presented,
', 'the
', 'higher
', 'are
', 'the
', 'misperceptions
', 'of
', 'the
', 'shared
', 'contents
', 'and
', 'concepts.
', 'In
', 'future
', 'the
', 'socialization
', 'will
', 'take
', 'place
', 'in
', 'the
', 'virtual
', 'form
', 'of
', 'institutionalization,
', 'so
', 'we
', 'have
', 'to
', 'employ
', 'both
', 'online
', 'and
', 'offline
', 'environment
', 'opportunities
', 'in
', 'interaction
', 'with
', 'youth.
']