Why is identity achievement so elusive?

Identity

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-348

  Kroger, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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EID: 41449113193     PISSN: 15283488     EISSN: 1532706X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15283480701600793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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