Understanding Developmental Regulation in Adolescence: The Use of the Selection, Optimization, and Compensation Model

Human Development

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-50

  Lerner, Richard M ^a   Freund, Alexandra M ^b   De Stefanis, Imma ^c   Habermas, Tilmann ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Identity; Optimization; Plasticity; Regulation; Selection; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039131269     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057039     Document Type: Article

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