Advancing out of poverty: Social class worldview and its relation to resilience

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-141

  Abelev, Melissa S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Poverty; Resilience; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149134218     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558408328441     Document Type: Article

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