Calls for society to 'reconnect with nature'are commonplace in the scientific literature and popular environmental discourse. However, the expression is often used haphazardly …
We can expect climate change to alter the frequency, magnitude, timing, and location of many natural hazards. For example, heat waves are likely to become more frequent, and …
M Ungar - American journal of orthopsychiatry, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
More than two decades after EE Werner and RS Smith (1982), N. Garmezy (1983), and M. Rutter (1987) published their research on protective mechanisms and processes that are …
M Ungar - British journal of social work, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Findings from a 14 site mixed methods study of over 1500 youth globally support four propositions that underlie a more culturally and contextually embedded understanding of …
An international mixed methods study of resilience of 14 sites in eleven countries identified seven tensions that youth resolve in culturally specific ways. Resolution of these tensions is …
M Ungar - Children and Youth Services Review, 2011 - Elsevier
Studies that focus on community-level factors associated with the resilience of youth and families reflect a shift in perspective from community deficits to the potential of communities …
In this working paper, Wendy Russell and Stuart Lester of the UK's University of Gloucestershire discuss why play is fundamental to the health and well-being of children …
EE Werner - Handbook of resilience in children, 2012 - Springer
Since the mid-1980s, a number of investigators from different disciplines—child development, pediatrics, psychology, psychiatry, and sociology—have focused on the …