Social support, mastery, self-esteem and individual adjustment among at-risk youth

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 329-346

  Lipschitz Elhawi, Racheli ^a   Itzhaky, Haya ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjustment; At risk youth; Mastery; Residential treatment; Self esteem; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444520986     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-005-5906-5     Document Type: Article

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