Reflecting on a Difficult Life: Narrative Construction in Vulnerable Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-452

  McLean, Kate C ^a   Wood, Becky ^a   Breen, Andrea V ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

agency; delinquency; master narratives; meaning making; narrative identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878413194     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558413484355     Document Type: Article

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