Putting resilience theory into action: Five principles for intervention

Resilience in Action: Working with Youth Across Cultures and Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-36

  Ungar, Michael ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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