Adversity, Resilience and Young People: The Protective Value of Positive School and Spare Time Experiences.

Gilligan, Robbie

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Publication Date: 2000

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Adversity, Resilience and Young People: The Protective Value of Positive School and Spare Time Experiences.

Gilligan, Robbie

Children & Society, v14 n1 p37-47 Feb 2000

Highlights the value of resilience as a key concept in work with young people in need and considers implications of a resilience-led approach for policy and practice. Discusses social and developmental factors influencing a child or young person's degree of resilience, with particular reference to the resilience enhancing potential of school experiences and spare time activities. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Educational Experience, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities, Parent Child Relationship, Resilience (Personality), Self Efficacy, Self Esteem, Youth Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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