THE INVESTIGATION OF IDENTITY DYNAMICS OF DIFFERENT GENDER PARTICIPANTS
The problem of identity dynamics of the subjects of different gender and of the ages of primary school, adolescence and youth is analyzed. The author analyses the approaches to identity dynamics of males and females and the methods of its investigation existing in our and foreign psychology. According to the empiric investigation which was conducted using the sample of males and females of the ages of primary school, adolescence and youth the author comes to the following conclusions: the most substantial identity dynamics changes of both males and females take place at primary school age. It is proved that self-evaluation of females has decreased. It is proved that identity dynamics of females falls on gender component and of males – on education and ethnic components. The girls' interest to gender is kept and develops in future into family component and the interests of boys shifts into educational and ethnic identity.