Enhancing Well-being of Homeless Individuals by Building Group Memberships

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 421-438

  Johnstone, Melissa ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^b   Dingle, Genevieve A ^b   Parsell, Cameron ^b   Walter, Zoe C ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

homelessness; multiple identities; social capital; well being

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STAFF; WELLBEING;

EID: 84963959713     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2272     Document Type: Article

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