Site of resilience: A reconceptualization of resiliency and resilience in street life-oriented black men

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-451

  Payne, Yasser Arafat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression violence; coping; resilience; self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053160470     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798410394178     Document Type: Article

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