Fostering family resiliency: A review of the key protective factors

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-114

  Benzies, Karen ^a,b   Mychasiuk, Richelle ^b  

^a Faculty of Nursing

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Family; Protective factors; Resiliency; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149357301     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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