The divided self and psychological (mal) adjustment - A meta-analytic review

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 547-552

  Bleidorn, Wiebke ^a   Ködding, Carolin ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Personality; Psychological adjustment; Self concept differentiation; Social roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878788869     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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