Identity status change during adolescence and young adulthood: A meta-analysis

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 683-698

  Kroger, Jane ^a   Martinussen, Monica ^a   Marcia, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Identity development; Identity status; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EGO IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956178429     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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