The connections between adulthood transitions and the self-perception of being adult in the changing contexts of East and West Germany

European Psychologist

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-38

  Reitzle, Matthias ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult identity; Emerging adulthood; Postadolescence; Role transitions; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644931698     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.11.1.25     Document Type: Article

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