The life story as a community project

Human Development

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 119-123

  Thorne, Avril ^a   Nam, Vickie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Identity development; Life story; Personal memory telling; Self; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; NOTE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ACTUALIZATION;

EID: 34250021622     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100941     Document Type: Note

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