Change in ego development, coping, and symptomatology from adolescence to emerging adulthood

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-119

  Syed, Moin ^a   Seiffge Krenke, Inge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping behavior; Ego development; Externalizing; Internalizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947441023     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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