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Resilience amongst adolescents in a Namibian residential care centre : an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-175).

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Main Author: Shaanika, Sigrid
Other Authors: Wild, Lauren
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Psychology 2014
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8261 Resilience amongst adolescents in a Namibian residential care centre : an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity Shaanika, Sigrid Wild, Lauren Psychology Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-175). The oblective of this mixed-method approach study was to explore and describe key protective factors that contribute to resilience among adolescents in long-term residential care in Namibia. The sample consisted of three caregivers and 61 male and female adolescents between the ages of 11-19 years (mean age=14.45, SD=2.26.) Data was collected by means of in-depth interviews and two self-report questionnaires including the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM) and the Strengths and Difficulties Quetionnaire (SDG). 2014-10-08T09:43:50Z 2014-10-08T09:43:50Z 2009 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8261 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
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Resilience amongst adolescents in a Namibian residential care centre : an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity
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title Resilience amongst adolescents in a Namibian residential care centre : an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity
title_full Resilience amongst adolescents in a Namibian residential care centre : an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity
title_fullStr Resilience amongst adolescents in a Namibian residential care centre : an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity
title_full_unstemmed Resilience amongst adolescents in a Namibian residential care centre : an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity
title_short Resilience amongst adolescents in a Namibian residential care centre : an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity
title_sort resilience amongst adolescents in a namibian residential care centre an exploratory study of why some youth succeed despite adversity
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