Between Synergy and Conflict: Balancing the Processes of Organizational and Individual Resilience in an Afghan Women's Community

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 217-235

  Brodsky, Anne E ^a   Welsh, Elena ^a   Carrillo, Amy ^b   Talwar, Gitika ^a   Scheibler, Jill ^a   Butler, Tamra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Organization; Qualitative; Resilience; Women

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

AFGHANISTAN; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEMOCRACY; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952449452     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9399-5     Document Type: Article

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