"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger": Survivalist self-reliance as resilience and risk among young adults aging out of foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1198-1210

  Samuels, Gina Miranda ^a   Pryce, Julia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging out; Extended case method; Foster care; Foster care identity; Independent living; Interdependence; Resilience; Self reliance; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749118937     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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