Does family structure matter? a domain-specific examination of identity exploration and commitment

Youth and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-173

  Bartoszuk, Karin ^a   Pittman, Joe F ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family structure; identity domains; identity formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649825922     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10377648     Document Type: Article

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