Identity constraints: The perceived structural requirements of a 'good' identity

Human Development

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 416-433

  Schachter, Elli P ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ego identity status theory; Identity constraints; Identity development; Identity structure; Jewish modern orthodoxy; Postmodern identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; JEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIETY;

EID: 0036434221     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066259     Document Type: Article

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