Resiliency scales for children and adolescents: Profiles of juvenile offenders

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-337

  Mowder, Melissa H ^a   Cummings, Jack A ^b   McKinney, Robert ^c  

^a North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indiana Department of Correction   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Juvenile offenders; Resiliency; Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents; Strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954643176     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282910366838     Document Type: Article

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