Accommodating a new identity: Possible selves, identity change and well-being across two life-transitions

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 970-984

  Manzi, Claudia ^a   Vignoles, Vivian L ^b   Regalia, Camillo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78149313524     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.669     Document Type: Article

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