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Precepts and practices: Researching identity formation among indian hindu adolescents in the United States
Author(s) -
Miller Barbara D.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219956709
Subject(s) - hinduism , multidisciplinary approach , variation (astronomy) , identity (music) , citizen journalism , sociology , psychology , gender studies , identity formation , social psychology , developmental psychology , social science , political science , self concept , law , religious studies , philosophy , physics , astrophysics , acoustics
Abstract The case of Indian Hindu adolescent youths in the United States reveals a range of variation in patterns of belief and behavior related to identity formation. Multidisciplinary and participatory methods for studying precepts and practices help expose social variation.