Advocacy by children as a causal factor in promoting resilience

Childhood

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 527-538

  Grover, Sonja ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Child psychopathology; Children's rights; Of childhood; Sociology child resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744439724     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568205058618     Document Type: Article

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