Attachment, ego-identity development and exploratory interest in university students

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-134

  Reich, Warren A ^a   Siegel, Harold I ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Exploration; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036049658     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-839X.00099     Document Type: Article

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