Adolescents' competence and the mutuality of their self-descriptions and descriptions of them provided by others

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-306

  Van Aken, Marcel A G ^a   Van Lieshout, Cornelis F M ^b   Haselager, Gerbert J T ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030543170     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01537386     Document Type: Article

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