Transition to Adulthood Across Italy: A Comparison Between Northern and Southern Italian Young Adults

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Piumatti, Giovanni ^a   Pipitone, Laura ^b   Di Vita, Angela Maria ^b   Latina, Delia ^a   Rabaglietti, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Emerging adulthood; Italy; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893924814     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-013-9174-6     Document Type: Article

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