Adolescents' Perceptions of the Relevance of Domains of Identity Formation: A South African Cross-Cultural Study

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-184

  Alberts, Charl ^a   Mbalo, Ndileka F ^a   Ackermann, Christiaan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Domains; Identity; Relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037216021     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022591302909     Document Type: Article

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