Basic Need Satisfaction and Identity Formation: Bridging Self-Determination Theory and Process-Oriented Identity Research

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-288

  Luyckx, Koen ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b   Goossens, Luc ^a   Duriez, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

commitment; exploration; identity; need satisfaction; self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249180690     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015349     Document Type: Article

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