Identity, prosocial behavior, and generative concern in German and Cameroonian Nso adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 629-638

  Busch, Holger ^a   Hofer, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Ego identity; Generativity; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CAMEROON; CULTURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 79959788476     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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