Processes and Content of Narrative Identity Development in Adolescence: Gender and Well-Being

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 702-710

  McLean, Kate C ^a   Breen, Andrea V ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescence; autobiographical memory; narrative identity; self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NARRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 65649123791     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015207     Document Type: Article

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