The relationships of personal and ethnic identity exploration to indices of adaptive and maladaptive psychosocial functioning

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-144

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a,e   Zamboanga, Byron L ^b   Weisskirch, Robert S ^c   Rodriguez, Liliana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Identity confusion; Identity exploration; Personal identity; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149101369     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408098018     Document Type: Article

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