Profiles and predictors of behavioral resilience among children in child welfare

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-103

  Bell, Tessa ^a   Romano, Elisa ^a   Flynn, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Children; Developmental trajectories; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; ONTARIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84954197819     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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