Coping with war: Three strategies employed by adolescent citizens of Sierra Leone

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 321-333

  Kline, Paul M ^a   Mone, Erin ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b International Rescue Committee   (Liberia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Africa; Coping; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543041900     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026091712028     Document Type: Article

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