Resilience in families with children and adult members with intellectual disabilities: Tracing elements of a psycho-social model

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 563-575

  Grant, Gordon ^a   Ramcharan, Paul ^a   Flynn, Margaret ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary maintenance; Identity; Meaning making; Resilience; Sense of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348945815     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2007.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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