The Relationship Between the Level of Self-Separation and Self-Esteem with the Formation of Identity in Adolescent Female Students with Regard to the Mediating Role of Family Cohesion

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1 Associate Professor of Counseling, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.

2 M.Sc. in Family Counseling, Bayhaq Institute of Higher Education, Sabzevar, Iran.

Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of family cohesion in the relationship between the level of self-separation and self-esteem with identity formation. The present research method was descriptive and correlational type. The statistical population of this research included all female high school students in Sabzevar city in the academic year of 2023-2024. 140 students from the mentioned society were selected as the sample of the research by available sampling method. The data collection tool was Drake's self-differentiation questionnaire (shortened form), Rosenberg's self-esteem scale, Berzonsky's identity styles questionnaire and Samani's family cohesion questionnaire. Pearson statistical method and structural equations were used to analyze the data. The results of the Pearson correlation test showed that the relationship between the components of self-separation and self-respect with identity formation is significant (P-value <0.05). Also, the results of the structural equation test showed that the mediating role of family cohesion in the relationship between self-separation and self-respect with identity styles is significant (p-value <0.05). According to the results of the research, it can be concluded that strengthening family cohesion is an efficient method to increase the level of self-separation and self-respect in order to form a normal identity style in teenagers.

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