Researching Resilience

by Michael Ungar

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802094708
• ISBN13: 9780802094704
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher