Identity processing and personal wisdom: An information-oriented identity style predicts self-actualization and self-transcendence

Identity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-115

  Beaumont, Sherry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 70449564800     PISSN: 15283488     EISSN: 1532706X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15283480802669101     Document Type: Article

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