Risky resilience and resilient risk: The key role of intentionality in an emerging dialectics

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 618-640

  Shahar, Golan ^a,b   Elad Strenger, Julia ^a   Henrich, Christopher C ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866053580     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2012.31.6.618     Document Type: Article

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