Adolescent Identity Formation and Rites of Passage: The Navajo Kinaaldá Ceremony for Girls

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-425

  Markstrom, Carol A ^a   Iborra, Alejandro ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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EID: 0347588172     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-7795.2003.01304001.x     Document Type: Review

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