Personal Homepage Construction as an Expression of Social Development

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 496-506

  Schmitt, Kelly L ^a   Dayanim, Shoshana ^a,b   Matthias, Stacey ^a  

^a Insight Research Group   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children and adolescents; identity formation; mastery; personal homepages

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CREATIVITY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 42049117788     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.496     Document Type: Article

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