Self-Pluralism: Assessment and Relations to Adjustment, Life Changes, and Age

Journal of Personality

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 347-381

  McReynolds, Paul ^a   Altrocchi, John ^a,c   House, Carolanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Eldorado County Mental Health Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0034170579     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00100     Document Type: Article

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