A risk and resilience perspective on unaccompanied refugee minors

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-269

  Carlson, Bonnie E ^a   Cacciatore, Joanne ^a   Klimek, Barbara ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

immigration; refugees; resilience; trauma; unaccompanied minors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WORK; SUDAN; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; REFUGEES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; SUDAN; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84867488452     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/sws003     Document Type: Review

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