Annual research review: Resilience and child well-being - Public policy implications

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 488-500

  Ager, Alastair ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

(complex adaptive) systems; knowledge transfer; policy; recommendations; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COUNSELING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC POLICY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84875350609     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12030     Document Type: Review

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