Resilience: Revisiting the Concept and its Utility for Social Research

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-433

  Kolar, Katarina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adversity; Protective factor; Resilience; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051474272     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-011-9329-2     Document Type: Review

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