Enhancing Wellbeing in Social Work Students: Building Resilience in the Next Generation

Social Work Education

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 605-621

  Grant, Louise ^a   Kinman, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional Intelligence Social Workers; Empathy; Reflection; Resilience; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863520409     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2011.590931     Document Type: Article

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