Relationships Between Identity and Well-Being in Italian, Polish, and Romanian Emerging Adults

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 727-743

  Karaś, Dominika ^a   Cieciuch, Jan ^b,e   Negru, Oana ^c   Crocetti, Elisabetta ^d  

^a CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Commitment; Emerging adulthood; Exploration; Identity; Reconsideration of commitment; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930493608     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0668-9     Document Type: Article

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