The development of a sense of “we”: The emergence and implications of children’s collective identity

Abstract

The emergence of the self is one of the most fundamental developmental tasks faced by the young child (see Durkin, 1995; Kohlberg, 1969; Lewis, 1990). Self-concept development begins in early childhood and continues through adolescence and adulthood. This self-concept consists of both a personal self (a sense of self as different from the other) and a social self (a sense of self as connected to the other) (see Brewer & Gardner, 1996). This latter social self consists of not only the selves present when interacting with family and friends, but also with the selves that are a product of the child’s membership in particular social groups.

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