Self, identity, and globalization in times of uncertainty: A dialogical analysis

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-61

  Hermans, Hubert J M ^a,c   Dimaggio, Giancarlo ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Terzo Centro di Psicoterapia Cognitiva   (Italy)

^c Associazione di Psicologia Cognitiva ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dialogical self; Emotion; Experience of uncertainty; Globalization; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247844582     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.11.1.31     Document Type: Article

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