Self-concept development during adolescence: Do American truths hold for norwegians?

Personality Development in Adolescence: A Cross National and Life Span Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 97-122

  Wichstrøm, Lars ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203978665     Document Type: Chapter

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