Abstract. This study aimed to understand the dynamics of self-concept among teenage girls who read teenlit. The subjects of this study were three high school students who had actively read teenlit for at least two years. In addition, the data were obtained also from five informants who often interacted and could provide an overview about the subjects. This study used a qualitative method with phenomenological approach. Data were collected through indepth interview on subjects and informants, observation during interview and use of teenlit as written document. The findings indicated that characters in teenlit influenced the girls' selfconcept through the mechanism of social comparison and modeling. By observing various characters found in the teenlits they read, they tended to pay attention to a teenlit's characters that are superior to themselves. Therefore, such comparison led them to have negative selfconcept. However, if they had made critical self-appraisal based on a motive of selfimprovement while comparing themselves with the characters, they would have had positive self-concept. It can be concluded that a character that is considered better may become a model for the formation of an ideal self-concept. Through modeling, youth also form an actual self-concept of which is previously less aware. Keywords: modeling, self-concept, social comparison, teenlitAbstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memahami dinamika konsep diri pada remaja perempuan pembaca teenlit. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah tiga pelajar SMA yang aktif membaca teenlit selama minimal dua tahun. Selain itu, sumber data juga diperoleh dari lima informan tahu yang sering berinteraksi dan dapat memberikan gambaran tentang diri subjek. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Data diperoleh melalui wawancara mendalam pada subjek dan informan tahu, observasi selama wawancara berlangsung, dan penggunaan teenlit sebagai dokumen tertulis. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tokoh-tokoh dalam teenlit memengaruhi konsep diri pembaca melalui mekanisme perbandingan sosial dan modeling. Melalui pengamatan terhadap berbagai tokoh teenlit, remaja cenderung memperhatikan tokoh teenlit yang lebih unggul. Oleh sebab itu, perbandingan sosial ini dapat memicu konsep diri negatif. Namun, perbandingan sosial yang diikuti dengan penilaian kritis ataupun yang berlandaskan motif perbaikan diri memengaruhi timbulnya konsep diri positif. Gambaran tokoh teenlit yang lebih baik menjadi model bagi pembentukan konsep diri ideal. Melalui modeling remaja juga membentuk konsep diri aktual yang sebelumnya kurang disadari. Berdasarkan wawancara awal pada tiga pembaca teenlit diketahui bahwa remaja melakukan modeling terhadap sifatsifat positif tokoh teenlit dan menjadikannya sebagai konsep diri idealnya. Melalui teenlit, remaja mencermati tokoh-tokoh dalam teenlit, kemudian menjadikan tokoh tertentu sebagai panutannya dan ingin menjadi individu yang menyerupai tokoh tersebut. Subjek menyatakan bahwa tokoh-tokoh dalam teenlit merupakan s...
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