Brief report: Assessing youth well-being in global emergency settings: Early results from the Emergency Developmental Assets Profile

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-102

  Scales, Peter C ^a   Roehlkepartain, Eugene C ^a   Wallace, Teresa ^b   Inselman, Ashley ^b   Stephenson, Paul ^b   Rodriguez, Michael ^c  

^a Search Institute   (United States)

^b WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis; Developmental assets; Emergency settings; Well being; Youth development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EMERGENCY DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS PROFILE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FACE VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEE; REFUGEE CAMP; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; EMERGENCY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRE; WARFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; REFUGEES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WARFARE;

EID: 84942525460     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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