The contribution of internal and external resources to emotional adjustment: A comparison of at-risk and normative adolescents

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 385-396

  Lipschitz Elhawi, Racheli ^a   Itzhaky, Haya ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Emotional adjustment; External resources; Internal resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549106248     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-008-0141-1     Document Type: Article

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