Circumventing ambivalence in identity: The importance of latent and overt aspects of symbolic meaning

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-336

  Abbey, Emily ^a,b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Circumvention; Identity; Latent; Meaning construction; Overt; Symbol

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244229520     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X04042891     Document Type: Review

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