That Which Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger: Runaway Youth's Resilience to Depression in the Family Context

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Erdem, Gizem ^a   Slesnick, Natasha ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Family processes; Parental depression; Prevention; Protective factors; Resilience; Risk factors; Runaway youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHALLENGE MODEL; CHILD; COMPENSATORY MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK PROTECTIVE MODEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; VERBAL HOSTILITY; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77953550219     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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