Personal identity processes from adolescence through the late 20s: Age trends, functionality, and depressive symptoms

Social Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 701-721

  Luyckx, Koen ^a   Klimstra, Theo A ^a   Duriez, Bart ^a   Van Petegem, Stijn ^b   Beyers, Wim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commitment; Emerging adulthood; Exploration; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885470111     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12027     Document Type: Article

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