Getting to Know Me: Social Role Experiences and Age Differences in Self-Concept Clarity During Adulthood

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1383-1410

  Lodi Smith, Jennifer ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956296012     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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