Taking hold of some kind of life: How developmental tasks relate to trajectories of well-being during the transition to adulthood

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1119-1140

  Schulenberg, John E ^a   Bryant, Alison L ^b   O'Malley, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING; WORK; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LIFE EVENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 17944379335     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579404040167     Document Type: Article

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