The development of self-views across adolescence: Investigating self-descriptions with and without social comparison using a novel experimental paradigm

Cognitive Development

Volumn 48, Issue , 2018, Pages 256-270

  van der Aar, L P E ^a   Peters, S ^a   Crone, E A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Development; Self concept; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055422069     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2018.10.001     Document Type: Article

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