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Peer reviewedO'Mahony, John F. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
Free-written descriptions of self and others were obtained from 190 adolescent boys and girls. Descriptions became longer, more "psychological," and more organized over adolescence. Modes of constructing persons were positively correlated across different stimulus persons. Self-descriptions tended to be more person-centered than…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Age Differences, Concept Formation, Descriptive Writing
