Personality development from adolescence to emerging adulthood: Linking trajectories of ego development to the family context and identity formation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 371-384

  Syed, Moin ^a   Seiffge Krenke, Inge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ego development; Emerging adulthood; Family climate; Identity status; Individual devlopment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881002244     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030070     Document Type: Article

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