Teens telling tales: How maternal and peer audiences support narrative identity development

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1455-1469

  McLean, Kate C ^a   Jennings, Lauren E ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Friends; Identity; Mothers; Narrative identity; Past event conversations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NARRATIVE IDENTITY; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; STORYTELLING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NARRATION; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84868341145     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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