The personality-identity interplay in emerging adult women: Convergent findings from complementary analyses

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-215

  Luyckx, Koen ^a   Soenens, Bart ^a   Goossens, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Big Five; Commitment; Exploration; Identity; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646495823     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.579     Document Type: Article

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