Enhancing Family Resilience Through Family Narrative Co-construction

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 294-310

  Saltzman, William R ^a   Pynoos, Robert S ^b   Lester, Patricia ^a   Layne, Christopher M ^b   Beardslee, William R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Family therapy; Loss; Military family; Narrative therapy; Resilience; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881566810     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-013-0142-2     Document Type: Review

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