Identification and the Development of Competence: A 44-Year Longitudinal Study From Late Adolescence to Late Middle Age

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 410-421

  Cramer, Phebe ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

competence; HLM; identification; longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECTION; Q-SORT; SELF CONCEPT; THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST;

EID: 46849110130     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.2.410     Document Type: Article

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