Educational psychology and resilience in developing contexts: A rejoinder to Toland and Carrigan (2011)

School Psychology International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-66

  Theron, Linda C ^a   Donald, David R ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing context; ecosystemic; educational psychologist; resilience; transactional

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872866821     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034311425579     Document Type: Article

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