The existential suspension of the young-adult in times of liquid modernity. A differential analysis of identity uneasiness in precarious times

Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Formica, Ivan ^a   Pellerone, Monica ^b   Morabito, Claudia ^a   Barberis, Nadia ^a   Ramaci, Tiziana ^b   Di Giorgio, Antonio ^a   Mannino, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agency; Careers; Identity; Precariousness; Uneasiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039839340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22821619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6092/2282-1619/2017.5.1665     Document Type: Article

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