The co-construction of adolescent narrative identity: Narrative processing as a function of adolescent age, gender, and maternal scaffolding

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 436-447

  McLean, Kate C ^a   Mansfield, Cade D ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Autobiographical memories; Conversations; Identity; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NARRATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84863001282     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025563     Document Type: Article

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