Researching Resilience by Linda Liebenberg

Researching Resilience by Linda Liebenberg

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Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize youth, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.

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Researching Resilience by Linda Liebenberg

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.

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.

Michael Ungar is a professor in the Department of Social Work at Dalhousie University.

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ISBN 13 9780802094704
ISBN 10 0802094708
Title Researching Resilience
Author Linda Liebenberg
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Year published 2009-10-10
Number of pages 288
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