Researching Resilience
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2009
- Category
- Social Work, General, Children's Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802094704
- Publish Date
- Oct 2009
- List Price
- $45.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780802092687
- Publish Date
- Oct 2009
- List Price
- $79.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442697133
- Publish Date
- Oct 2009
- List Price
- $34.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442697669
- Publish Date
- Dec 2009
- List Price
- $78.00
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Description
While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.
This collection assembles qualitative and quantitative studies from a diverse group of scholars and disciplines, stressing the importance of studying the strength and resilience of youth who are faced with adversity. Working with youth in a variety of cultures and contexts, the contributors provide critically astute analyses of existing scholarship as well as rigorous methods for conducting resilience research in less Eurocentric and more culturally sensitive ways.
An important collection, Researching Resilience is unique in approaching interventions with youth specifically from the point of view of research methods and challenges.
About the authors
Linda Liebenberg is an adjunct professor in the Department of Social Work and the Director of Research of the Pathways to Resilience Research Program at Dalhousie University.
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Dr. Michael Ungar is a brilliant story-teller and one of the world's leading experts on resilience, which he defines as living well despite adversity. He is the Canada Research Chair in Child, Family, and Community Resilience, a professor of social work at Dalhousie University, and family therapist. He is the author of fourteen books, 135 scientific papers, and a blog for Psychology Today. He has worked with the World Bank, UNESCO, and the Red Cross, and is a recipient of the Canadian Association of Social Workers National Distinguished Service Award.
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