Risky investments: Parenting and the production of the 'resilient child'

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-394

  Hoffman, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Parenting; Resilience; Risk; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN;

EID: 77954296101     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698571003789716     Document Type: Article

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