Identity Formation in Adolescents from Italian, Mixed, and Migrant Families

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-23

  Crocetti, Elisabetta ^a   Fermani, Alessandra ^a   Pojaghi, Barbara ^a   Meeus, Wim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Identity processes; Identity statuses; Italian families; Migrant families; Mixed families

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851513714     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-010-9112-8     Document Type: Article

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