Studying resilience across cultures

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Ungar, Michael ^a   Clark, Sharon E ^b   Kwong, Wai Man ^c   Makhnach, Alexander ^d   Cameron, Catherine Ann ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative crosscultural research; Mixed method designs; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750340628     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v14n03_01     Document Type: Article

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