Academic Risk and Resilience in the Context of Homelessness

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 201-206

  Masten, Ann S ^a   Cutuli, J J ^b   Herbers, Janette E ^c   Hinz, Elizabeth ^d   Obradović, Jelena ^e   Wenzel, Amanda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Minneapolis Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Cumulative risk; Homeless; Mobility; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920278797     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12088     Document Type: Article

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