Restorying the self: An exploration of young burn survivors' narratives of resilience

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1165-1181

  Lau, Ursula ^a   Van Niekerk, Ashley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

adolescents youth; burn injury, burns; narrative inquiry; resilience; self

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SURVIVOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NARRATION; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051532230     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311405686     Document Type: Article

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