Positive adaptation among youth exposed to community violence

Resilience and Vulnerability: Adaptation in the Context of Childhood Adversities

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 392-413

  Gorman Smith, Deborah ^a   Tolan, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 4444364026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511615788.018     Document Type: Chapter

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