Community and religious involvement as contexts of identity change across late adolescence and emerging adulthood

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-135

  Hardy, Sam A ^a   Pratt, Michael W ^b   Pancer, S Mark ^b   Olsen, Joseph A ^a   Lawford, Heather L ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescence; civic engagement; community involvement; developmental contexts; emerging adulthood identity; religiosity; religious attendance; religious involvement

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FORECLOSURE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IDENTITY DIFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORATORIUM; OCCUPATION; POLITICS; RELIGION;

EID: 79952765136     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025410375920     Document Type: Article

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