Short-Term Fluctuations in Identity: Introducing a Micro-Level Approach to Identity Formation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 191-202

  Klimstra, Theo A ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^b   Hale III, William W ^a   Frijns, Tom ^a   van Lier, Pol A C ^c   Meeus, Wim H J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

commitment; fluctuations; identity formation; longitudinal; short term dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; TIME; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TIME FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT;

EID: 77953911202     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019584     Document Type: Article

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