Life is more than survival: Exploring links between Antonovsky's salutogenic theory and the concept of resilience

Wayfinding Through Life's Challenges: Coping and Survival

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 31-46

  Eriksson, Monica ^a   Lindström, Bengt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antonovsky; Health promotion; Resilience; Salutogenesis; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896560264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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