Getting a life: The emergence of the life story in adolescence

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 748-769

  Habermas, Tilmann ^a,b   Bluck, Susan ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034265436     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.126.5.748     Document Type: Article

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