Positive development of the self: Self-concept, self-Esteem, and identity

Well-Being: Positive Development Across the Life Course

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 235-252

  Zaff, Jonathan F ^a   Hair, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410607171     Document Type: Chapter

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