Promoting adolescent sense of coherence: Testing models of risk, protection, and resiliency

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-43

  Evans, William Paul ^a   Marsh, Shawn C ^a   Weigel, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Resiliency; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749095935     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1002     Document Type: Article

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