Making meaning of resilience : understanding adolescent perspectives using written narratives and interviews /

Strategies for understanding the effect of negative life events on the psychosocial development of youth have focused on the aggregate association between risk factors and poor developmental outcomes. However, there is a strand of research in developmental psychology that has pushed for understandin...

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Main Author:	D'Sa, Nikhit (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014.
Series:	SAGE research methods. Cases.
Subjects:	Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence > Research > Case studies. Life change events > Research > Case studies. Résilience chez l'adolescent > Recherche > Études de cas. Événements stressants de la vie > Recherche > Études de cas. Life change events > Research Electronic books. Case studies
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Summary:	Strategies for understanding the effect of negative life events on the psychosocial development of youth have focused on the aggregate association between risk factors and poor developmental outcomes. However, there is a strand of research in developmental psychology that has pushed for understanding the contextual nature of negative life events; if we can reveal how adolescents make meaning of stressful and traumatic life events, we will better understand why some demonstrate academic and social resilience.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : illustration (colour)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781473929869 1473929865