Identity-processing style, psychosocial resources, and adolescents' perceptions of parent-adolescent relations

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-345

  Berzonsky, Michael D ^a   Branje, Susan J T ^b   Meeus, Wim ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Commitment; Identity style; Parent adolescent relations; Psychosocial resources; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547357599     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431607302006     Document Type: Article

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