Constructing resilience: Social workers' understandings and practice

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-309

  McMurray, Isabella ^a   Connolly, Helen ^a   Preston Shoot, Michael ^a   Wigley, Veronica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Looked after children; Resilience; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 42249088299     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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