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ABSTRACT: Adolescents ُ egocentrism is a controversial concept in cognitive developmental theories and there are
little studies that investigated its antecedents. The present study examined a causal model of the relationships
between dimensions of family communication, separation-individuation and imaginary audience in adolescence
period. Participants were 356, boys and girls, high school and college students of Shiraz city. Participants completed
the New Imaginary Audience Scale (NIAS), Pathology of separation-individuation scale (PATHSEP) and The Revised
Family Communication Patterns instrument (RFCP). Results showed that conversation was a negative and
conformity was a positive predictor of the imaginary audience (IA). When the dimensions of family communication
patterns and PATHSEP- as predictors of the imaginary audience- were tested together, results clearly revealed the
mediation role of PATHSEP between FCP and IA. This explanatory model is elaborated in the article.