Emerging adulthood: Age-related tasks and underlying self processes

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 577-603

  Shulman, Shmuel ^a   Feldman, Benni ^a,c   Blatt, Sidney J ^b   Cohen, Omri ^a,b,d   Mahler, Amalya ^a,d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Developmental tasks; Emerging adulthood; Parent child relationships; Self process

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944466552     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558405274913     Document Type: Article

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