Using a Life-Story Approach, McLean and Pratt (2006) Found That

question 154

Multiple Choice

Using a life-story approach, McLean and Pratt (2006) found that the more the sophisticated the "meaning making" in an adolescent's life narrative, the

• A) more likely he or she would be depressed.
• B) less likely he or she would be in a state of foreclosure.
• C) more likely he or she would become pregnant.
• D) less likely he or she would have close friends.

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