Life history strategy, identity consolidation, and psychological well-being

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-38

  Dunkel, Curtis S ^a   Mathes, Eugene ^a   Harbke, Colin ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Life history; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954605251     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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