ABSTRACT
Adopting an identity formation strategy necessitates a thorough organization of the village’s structure and functioning to meet the conditions required for adolescent maturation. Other tasks of the youth village-imparting knowledge, shaping behavior, and cultivating an ethical worldview-should be subordinated to the primary effort to support identity formation. Adolescence, according to Erik Erikson, is a stage of normative identity crisis, but the youngsters who come to youth villages often suffer from aggravated identity crises. A positive identity develops when the youth can test his developing strengths with significant others and can gain experience in organizing time, space, and real-life technology in his environment. The youth’s evaluation of his own reality must include careful consideration of various elements, such as the physical realities, the law of the land, and the personalities of those involved. True familiarity with normal life and the growing ability to integrate in it develop as the youngsters become actively involved in the life of the youth village community.
