Dignity self-development as the result of a shared activity among teenagers

The analysis of dignity concepts reveals different approaches of scholars who emphasize the necessity of dignity for person's existence. Teenagers' dignity is one of the essential aspects that make precondition and context for development of teenagers' self-respect, self-esteem. The article aims to analyze the features of dignity self-development and validate their manifestation concerning the external and internal factors in peer groups. The research problem is based on two statements: Dignity education is not a spontaneous process, but the indirect result of formal educational process. Dignity self-development in adolescent's group is not an initiative of each teenager, but the result of shared activity (of teenagers). In research two major reasons influencing the poor manifestation of dignity in adolescents' peer groups were revealed: a teenager's miserable self-worth and poor perception of dignity essence and meaning.