Young people, their families and social supports: Understanding resilience with complexity theory

The Social Ecology of Resilience: A Handbook of Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 233-243

  Sanders, Jackie ^a   Munford, Robyn ^a   Liebenberg, Linda ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85016637756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0586-3_19     Document Type: Chapter

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