Homelessness and strategies of identity maintenance: A participant observation study

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-194

  Farrington, Alice ^b   Robinson, W Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Comparison making; Homelessness; Identity maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033128222     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(199905/06)9:3<175::AID-CASP497>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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