Psychosocial indicators of wellbeing for resettled refugee children and youth: Conceptual and developmental directions

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-677

  McFarlane, Colleen A ^a   Kaplan, Ida ^a   Lawrence, Jeanette A ^b  

^a Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Indicators; Outcome; Refugee; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255191736     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-010-9100-4     Document Type: Article

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