Characteristics of Young Adults' Personal Religious Narratives and Their Relation with the Identity Status Model: A Longitudinal, Mixed Methods Study

Identity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-52

  Alisat, Susan ^a   Pratt, Michael W ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84858685236     PISSN: 15283488     EISSN: 1532706X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15283488.2012.632392     Document Type: Article

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