Sociocultural factors, resilience, and coping: Support for a culturally sensitive measure of resilience

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-212

  Clauss Ehlers, Caroline S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adversity; Assessment; Childhood stressors; Coping; Cultural resilience; Diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649105109     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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