Citation

Brodsky AE. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1999; 69(2): 148-160.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10234381

Abstract

In contrast to the bulk of research on urban single mothers that focuses on risk and negative outcomes, this qualitative study of ten resilient mothers living in risky neighborhoods uses the women's own words to conceptualize resilience as an ongoing process of balancing risk and protective factors in eight domains. The findings question current assumptions about the universality of risk and protective factors, and point to new directions for program and policy.

Language: en