Predicting identity consolidation from self-construction, eudaimonistic self-discovery, and agentic personality

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 777-793

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agentic personality; Emerging adult; Identity; Identity capital; Identity consolidation; Self construction; Self discovery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO IDENTITY; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; THEORY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33748038788     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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