Assessing Identity Change: A Longitudinal Study of the Transition from School to College

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-60

  Cassidy, Clare ^a   Trew, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

identity change; interactional commitment; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993708233     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430201041004     Document Type: Article

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