Shevchenko O. National Identification in Becoming of the Person's Self-image

The dissertation is devoted to studying features of national identification and a role of this process in becoming of the person's self-image at youth age. The author has substantiated theoretically and proved empirically that national identity is an important component of the person's self-image and a characteristic parameter of a level of development of his/her national self-consciousness. The regional distinctions of the process of national identity becoming in today youth have been revealed. They testify that the formation of national self-consciousness of young representatives of different regions of Ukraine is an irregular process, varying in content and quality. It has been shown that one of the most important factors in becoming of the person's national identity is the formation of a system of knowledge and representations about ethnic and national phenomena. Key words: self-image, national self-consciousness, social identity, the person's national identification.