Gender, age and academic standards of school differences in adolescents’ self acceptance

The present study, based on the self-concept literature aims to investigate the gender, age and schools academic standards differences in adolescents’-acceptance.Participants in the study were 300 Romanian students, 146 male and 156 female, aged 12 to 18 years (M = 15,89, SD = 2.01). Data were collected by Index of Adjustment and Values (Bills, Vance, McLean, 1951) - Romanian version.The research’ results confirmed the presumptions and answered to the most of the research’ questions.The results are useful for intervention programs aiming to reduce the discrepancies between adolescents’ real and ideal self and to increase their self-acceptance and adjustment.