Are all identity commitments created equally? the importance of motives for commitment for late adolescents' personal adjustment

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 358-369

  Soenens, Bart ^a   Berzonsky, Michael D ^b   Dunkel, Curtis S ^c   Papini, Dennis R ^d   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Identity; Identity style; Late adolescence; Motivation; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; INFORMATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION;

EID: 79960279338     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025411405954     Document Type: Article

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