Enabling white, Afrikaans-speaking adolescents towards post-divorce resilience: Implications for educators

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-244

  Theron, Linda ^a   Dunn, Nadine ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Divorce; Ecosystemic; Protective resources; Qualitative; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149256245     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v30n2a279     Document Type: Article

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