Communication in the Co-Existence of the Person: from Internal Dialogue to the Content of the Self-Concept

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between the communication of co-existence and dialog and self-concept content the content of self-concept. The article presents research results on communication as a sociocultural process of self-formation. A. A. Bodalev’s views on communication as cognition are discussed. The connection between the approaches of A. A. Bodalev and representatives of humanistic psychology is shown. The concept of co-existence from the position of Z. I. Ryabikina and V. I. Slobodchikov is examined. The inclusion of co-existence in the context of communication is realized through the significance of the subject and its intents for self-knowledge and self-understanding. The concept of dialog, internal dialog, is examined from the positions of M. M. Bakhtin and A. Langlais. The role of speech and words for the development of consciousness and self-description is recognized as a tool of self-knowledge in inner dialogue. The author’s model of the correlation between communication, co-existence, consciousness and self-concept through internal dialog is presented and interpreted. Revealing one’s abilities is the result of an internal dialog and discovering oneself as the subject of those abilities. The content of the concept of self-disclosure of abilities is shown. The criterion of its registration is the appearance of categories of abilities “appropriated” by the subject in the composition of the self-concept. The results of an empirical study that reflects the role of communication as a co-existence in human self-understanding are presented. The presented evidence suggests that the content of the self-concept that is derived from communication with parents can improve performance. The adolescent respondents were divided into two groups, one of which consisted of individuals whose self-concept included the ability category, while the other did not. It appeared that the composition of self-concept was predetermined by the relationship and communication with parents. It has been found out that self-disclosure of abilities is preceded by such communication with the mother, which is characterized as a positive interest, at the expense of which the adolescents live internal harmony and learn successfully because they like to learn. In another group, adolescents achieve academic success because of parental pressure. Conclusions are drawn about the importance of coexistence in communication for positive identity, which predetermines a person’s success.