Uncertain Legacies: Resilience and Institutional Child Abuse - A Literature Review

This literature review sought to identify definitions of resilience and the factors associated with increasing resilience in survivors of institutional child abuse.


8 Bibliography

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Bogar C B and Hulse-Killacky D, (2006), 'Resiliency Determinants and Resiliency Processes Among Female Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse', Journal of Counseling and Development, 84, 318-327

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Daniel B, Wassell S and Gilligan R, (1999), ''It's just common sense, isn't it?' Exploring ways of putting the theory of resilience into practice', Adoption and Fostering, 23, 3, 1999, 6-15

Daniel B, (2006), 'Operationalizing the concept of resilience in child neglect: case study research', Child: Care, Health and Development, 32, 3, 303-309

Daniel B, (2008), 'The Concept of Resilience, Messages for Residential Child Care', in Kendrick A (ed) (2008), Residential Child Care, Prospects and Challenges, London: Jessica Kingsley

Daniel B, (2010), 'Concepts of Adversity, Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience: A Discussion in the Context of the 'Child Protection System'', Social Policy and Society, 9, 2, 231-241

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