The Effects of Work and Relational Mental Incongruity on Identity Formation and Well-Being.

Iedema, Jurjen; Meeus, Wim

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ERIC Number: EJ576904

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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The Effects of Work and Relational Mental Incongruity on Identity Formation and Well-Being.

Iedema, Jurjen; Meeus, Wim

Journal of Adolescence, v21 n3 p253-64 Jun 1998

People experience mental incongruity when there is a discrepancy between a standard and their own experience of a situation or behavior. The influence of adolescents' standards and mental incongruity on the development of their identity (N=706) was studied in both work and relational domains using structural equation models. (Author/EMK)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Foreign Countries, Identification (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Structural Equation Models, Vocational Maturity, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands

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