Impact of Early Adolescent Externalizing Problem Behaviors on Identity Development in Middle to Late Adolescence: A Prospective 7-Year Longitudinal Study

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1745-1758

  Crocetti, Elisabetta ^a   Klimstra, Theo A ^b,c   Hale III, William W ^a   Koot, Hans M ^d   Meeus, Wim ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Externalizing problem behaviors; Gender; Identity; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; DENMARK; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84885833905     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9924-6     Document Type: Article

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