Ego-Identity Development and the Well-Adjusted Lesbian: Reclaiming Marcia's Identity Status Model

Feminism & Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-151

  Ellis, Sonja J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84996259708     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353500010001017     Document Type: Article

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