A "day in the lives" of four resilient youths: Cultural roots of resilience

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 799-818

  Theron, Linda ^a   Cameron, Catherine ^b   Didkowsky, Nora ^c   Lau, Cindy ^b   Liebenberg, Linda ^c   Ungar, Michael ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescence; culture; resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961200057     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X11402853     Document Type: Article

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