The Concept of Family Resilience: Crisis and Challenge

Family Process

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-281

  Walsh, Froma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CONTROL; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030224481     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1996.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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