Young people, biographical narratives and the life grid: Young people's accounts of parental substance use

Qualitative Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-151

  Wilson, Sarah ^a   Cunningham Burley, Sarah ^a   Bancroft, Angus ^a   Backett Milburn, Kathryn ^b   Masters, Hugh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life grid; Narrative life history research; Parental substance use; Resilience; Sensitive issues; Task based approaches; Visual tools; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846550657     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794107071427     Document Type: Article

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