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Finding Someone to Be: Studies on the Role of Intrinsic Motivation in Identity Formation

Pages 209-228 | Published online: 12 Nov 2009

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LaurenA. Milner & JosephR. Ferrari. (2010) The Role of Goal Orientation in Emerging Adult Identity Processing Styles. Identity 10:4, pages 270-283.
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Linda L. Caldwell, Megan E. Patrick, Edward A. Smith, Lori-Ann Palen & Lisa Wegner. (2010) Influencing Adolescent Leisure Motivation: Intervention Effects of Health Wise South Africa. Journal of Leisure Research 42:2, pages 203-220.
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JENNIFERG. LA GUARDIA. (2009) Developing Who I Am: A Self-Determination Theory Approach to the Establishment of Healthy Identities. Educational Psychologist 44:2, pages 90-104.
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DavidY. Bourgeois, MichaelA. Busseri & Linda Rose-Krasnor. (2009) Ethnolinguistic Identity and Youth Activity Involvement in a Sample of Minority Canadian Francophone Youth. Identity 9:2, pages 116-144.
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AlanS. Waterman. (2007) Introduction to the Special Issue: Psychosocial Identity and Well-Being. Identity 7:4, pages 263-264.
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