The importance of parents and other caregivers to the resilience of high-risk adolescents

Family Process

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-41

  Ungar, Michael ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

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EID: 4043121668     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2004.04301004.x     Document Type: Article

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