Adolescent resiliency to family adversity

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-292

  Fergusson, David M ^a,b   Lynskey, Michael T ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adjustment problems; Adolescence; Longitudinal study; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARENTS;

EID: 0030012176     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01405.x     Document Type: Article

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