Commitment and exploration as mechanisms of identity formation

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 3 PART 1, 2002, Pages 771-785

  Meeus, W ^b   Iedema, J ^a   Maassen, G H ^b  

^a Unit Emancipation Youth and Family   (Netherlands)

^b Dept of Child and Adol Studies ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0036594407     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.771     Document Type: Article

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