Variations in Patterns of Developmental Transitions in the Emerging Adulthood Period

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 657-669

  Cohen, Patricia ^a,b   Kasen, Stephanie ^a   Chen, Henian ^b   Hartmark, Claudia ^c   Gordon, Kathy ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INDIVIDUATION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW YORK; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0141642090     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.4.657     Document Type: Review

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