Lessons from research on the consequences of German unification: Continuity and discontinuity of self-efficacy and the timing of psychosocial transitions

Applied Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 291-317

  Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a,b   Wiesner, Margit ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 0036555050     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1464-0597.00093     Document Type: Review

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