Subjective age in the transition to adulthood for persons with and without motor disabilities

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 825-834

  Galambos, Nancy L ^a   Darrah, Johanna ^a   Magill Evans, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerging adulthood; Motor disabilities; Psychosocial maturity; Subjective age; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849172034     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9190-6     Document Type: Article

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