The path from identity commitments to adjustment: Motivational underpinnings and mediating mechanisms

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-60

  Luyckx, Koen ^a   Schwartz, Seth ^b   Soenens, Bart ^c   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^c   Goossens, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 77951491844     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00150.x     Document Type: Article

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