Psychosocial resources in first-year university students: The role of identity processes and social relationships

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-91

  Adams, Gerald R ^a   Berzonsky, Michael D ^b   Keating, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Diffusion; Ego virtues; Family climate; Foreclosure; Identity statuses; Identity styles; Moratorium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645576607     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-9019-0     Document Type: Article

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