Identity Formation and Life Projects in Adolescence: Experience Report

Abstract

This study aims to present an intervention to promote self-knowledge and contribute to the formation of identity and development of life projects among adolescents within the scope of an internship experience report in school psychology. The intervention, implemented by three psychology interns, consisted of six meetings and was attended by 23 students, 12 of whom were female, with an average age of 14 years old, in the 8th grade of a public school in a city in the state of São Paulo. The results suggest that the intervention promoted a space in which behaviors, feelings, and potentialities, previously not observed in the different school environments, flourished, favoring the formation of identity and the construction of the participants' life project. The intervention showed that the belief in the student's potential and the promotion of life projects could be very positive for the healthy development of this phase of life. Providing examples and models and building a respectful and affectionate bond with the students was fundamental for the satisfactory development of the intervention.