The reconciliation pyramid - A narrative-based framework for analyzing identity conflicts

Political Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-318

  Auerbach, Yehudith ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Identity conflict; Metanarrative; Narrative; Reconciliation; Reconciliation pyramid

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249115007     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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