Risk and Resiliency Processes in Ethnically Diverse Families in Poverty

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-410

  Wadsworth, Martha E ^a   Santiago, Catherine DeCarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; families; poverty; psychological syndromes; stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLORADO; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 44949146236     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.22.3.399     Document Type: Article

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