The more (and the more compatible) the merrier: Multiple group memberships and identity compatibility as predictors of adjustment after life transitions

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 707-733

  Iyer, Aarti ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a,b   Tsivrikos, Dimitrios ^b   Postmes, Tom ^c   Haslam, S Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449210467     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466608X397628     Document Type: Article

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