Protective factors for youth exposed to violence: Role of developmental assets in building emotional resilience

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-129

  Jain, Sonia ^a   Buka, Stephen L ^b   Subramanian, S V ^c   Molnar, Beth E ^c  

^a Health and Human Development WestEd   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

developmental assets; mental health; protective factors; resilience; violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155178184     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204011424735     Document Type: Review

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