Understanding and promoting resilience in children and youth

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-273

  Sapienza, Julianna K ^a   Masten, Ann S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

plasticity; protective factor; resilience; sensitivity to context

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROBIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; POVERTY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958759886     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32834776a8     Document Type: Review

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