Social Resources and Psychosocial Adaptation of Homeless School Aged Children

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 305-321

  Torquati, Julia C ^a   Gamble, Wendy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless children; Mother child relationship; Resilience; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035622633     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011671824692     Document Type: Article

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