Resilience in older adults

Resilience and Mental Health: Challenges Across the Lifespan

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 135-148

  Elmore, Diane L ^a   Brown, Lisa M ^b   Cook, Joan M ^c  

^a AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84923812794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511994791.011     Document Type: Chapter

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