Uphenyo ngokwazi kwentsha yasemalokishini ukumelana nesimo esinzima: A South African Study of Resilience among Township Youth

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 357-375

  Theron, Linda C ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847376064     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2006.12.005     Document Type: Review

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