How to assess resilience: Reflections on a measurement model

Health Assets in a Global Context: Theory, Methods, Action

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 117-143

  Wille, Nora ^a   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BELLA study; Community; Mental health; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892081971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5921-8_7     Document Type: Chapter

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