Peculiar features in forming gifted adolescents’ self-attitude to the inner and outer “I” as a condition for their self-fulfillment

Introduction. The article presents the survey results, revealing the peculiarities of forming self-attitude to the inner and outer “I” by talented young people. The purpose of the article is to define the nature of talented young people’s self-attitude to the inner and outer “I” and its influence on self-fulfillment. Materials and Methods. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is the reflexive-compensatory approach. The method involves young people evaluating themselves, identifying their problems and building a program of remedial work with a teacher, which is aimed at creating conditions for successful socialization and self-development. The main methods are reviewing scholarly literature on the research problem, interviewing and testing Education students (n= 239). Results. The authors have revealed the specific features in forming self-attitude to the inner and outer "I" in talented youth. Most of the participants demonstrate excessive demands on themselves; focus on others and on the opinions of other people. At the same time, talented young people demonstrate a high level of “self-leadership” (60 %), “self-acceptance” (60 %), “self-blame” (56 %), “fairly high level of self-evaluating” (45 %), which indicates a positive perception of themselves. They have an average level of conflict. The participants are aware of their personal importance, their success and achievements, and their willingness to improve themselves is noted. They demonstrate a high level of perfectionism and are critical of their own failures. Conclusions. The study concludes that talented young people generally perceive themselves and their opportunities positively, strive for life and personal success. They are not quarrelsome. But they are not eager to be leaders with high potentials. A high level of perfectionism and criticism is accompanied by a feeling of anxiety and prevents skills of self-presentation to appear.