Finding Your Niche: Identity and Emotional Support in Emerging Adults' Adjustment to the Transition to College

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 744-761

  Azmitia, Margarita ^a   Syed, Moin ^b   Radmacher, Kimberley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84887617118     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12037     Document Type: Article

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