Continuity and change from adolescence to emerging adulthood: Adolescence-limited vs. life-course-persistent profound ego development arrests

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1178-1192

  Billings, Rebecca L ^a,b   Hauser, Stuart T ^c,d   Allen, Joseph P ^e  

^a JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Close family and relationships; Ego development; Emerging adulthood; Family contexts; Hostility; Identity; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; EGO; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149096575     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9317-4     Document Type: Article

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