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Coping with Objectification: Female English Literature Students’ Physical Identity Development as Emerging Adults

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Student Teachers’ Insights about a Curriculum for Moral Education in Secondary Education

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Self-Acceptance of Saye’s (Tajen Judge) Children in Bali

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN JOHN STEINBECK’S “THE PEARL”

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Ethnic and American Identity Development: A Developmental Systems Approach

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Integrating Spirituality and Medical Education: What Students and Teachers Have to Say - A Qualitative Study

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Independent Development of Identity: Discourage and Encourage Factors

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Little Scientists: Identity, Self-Efficacy, and Attitude Toward Science in a Girls' Science Camp

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Posttraumatic growth and career calling in undergraduates

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Gender Identity in a Cultural Context: An Application of the Master Narrative Framework

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Emerging Adulthood in Chinese Young People: Does ego identity status moderate the relationship between transition features and burnout?

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Substance use and risky sexual behaviour among adolescents at a tertiary institution and those who are neither studying nor employed in Pietermaritzburg.

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Doing place : a framework for interpreting young adults' commitments to Appalachian Kentucky.

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Identity Integration in Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Investigation of Well-being and Psychological Outcomes

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The Lived Experience of ‘Critical Moments’ in Premier League Academy Football: A Descriptive Psychological Phenomenological Exploration

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An Exploration of How Past, Present, and Anticipated Future Identities Shape the Reading Identities and Practices of Reluctant Male Readers in a Rural Setting

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Youth Leaving Care: An Interpretive Description of Hope in Challenging Transition

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Cultural Identity Salience, Individuation, and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adulthood

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A Possible-Selves Intervention for Sport Career Transition

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Reclaiming “Mydentity”: Counterstorytelling as Adaptive Coping for Racially and Economically Marginalized Emerging Adults.

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Exploring the indigenous religious identities of African adolescents in selected South African secondary schools

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Responses to television characters during emerging adulthood: Examining the influence of identity exploration on contact and involvement with diverse characters

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Conceptualizing Adult Identity Formation in Higher Education Context

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Exploring the association between community service participation and identity development among middle adolescents: a study in Hong Kong

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Trajectories of Familism Values Among Mexican American Youth: Family Environment, Economic Hardship, and Perceived Ethnic Discrimination as Predictors

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Family Engagement and Identity Development Among Immigrant-Origin Latinx Emerging Adults

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References, further reading and useful resources

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