Understanding transitions through self-esteem and resilience

Educational Transitions: Moving Stories from Around the World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 11-32

  Jindal Snape, Divya ^a   Miller, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203859124     Document Type: Chapter

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