Eriksonian Lifespan Theory and Life History Theory: An Integration Using the Example of Identity Formation

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-23

  Dunkel, Curtis S ^a   Sefcek, Jon A ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Erikson; evolutionary psychology; identity; life history theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249099088     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013687     Document Type: Article

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