A method of assessing the resilience of whole communities of children: An example from rural Australia

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dunstan, Debra A ^a   Todd, Anna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPELLING; STRENGTH AND DIFFICULTY QUESTIONNAIRE; WRITING;

EID: 84860520468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-6-17     Document Type: Article

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