Three landmarks in the construction of the adolescent project: Personal history; culture; associations

Abstract

The imaginary dimension, multicultural situations and the role of neighbourhood associations are often overlooked in research on the construction of the adolescent project. This article aims to identify the impact on young people living in France, from culturally differentiated backgrounds. The theoretical framework is that of BLOS and MAHLER (separation/individuation), supplemented by KAËS' contributions on the concepts of transitionality (1979), filiation/affiliation (1985); ideology (2016), which have been the result of searches conducted since 1997.