The social ecology of resilience: Addressing contextual and cultural ambiguity of a nascent construct

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Ungar, Michael ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Coping; Ecological framework; Positive development; Protective mechanisms; Resilience

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; ATYPICALITY; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL RELATIVITY; DECENTRALITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NASCENT CONSTRUCT; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ECOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRESS;

CULTURE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78650981335     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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