A narrative analysis of behaviourally troubled adolescents' life stories

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-160

  Sanderson, Alex ^a   McKeough, Ann ^b  

^a Ambrose Seminary of Ambrose University College   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abuse; Behaviourally troubled adolescence; Delinquency; Life story; Maltreatment; Narrative; Self narrative; Street youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646725463     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.15.1.07san     Document Type: Article

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