Me, Myself, and Mobility: The Relevance of Region for Young Adults' Identity Development

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-200

  Schubach, Elisabeth ^a   Zimmermann, Julia ^a   Noack, Peter ^a   Neyer, Franz J ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Identity development; Latent profile analysis; Regional identity; Residential mobility; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962076941     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.2048     Document Type: Article

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