On the progression and stability of adolescent identity formation: A five-wave longitudinal study in early-to-middle and middle-to-late adolescence

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1565-1581

  Meeus, Wim ^a   van de Schoot, Rens ^a   Keijsers, Loes ^a   Schwartz, Seth J ^b   Branje, Susan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956565748     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01492.x     Document Type: Article

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