Resilience and development: Contributions from the study of children who overcome adversity

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 425-444

  Masten, Ann S ^a   Best, Karin M ^a   Garmezy, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84971850939     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579400005812     Document Type: Article

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