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Young People, Their Families and Social Supports: Understanding Resilience with Complexity Theory

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In this chapter, the authors take the innovative approach of exploring the way complexity theory can help us understand resilience among young people. The chapter uses a case example to apply three aspects of complexity theory to practice, demonstrating how complexity theory is congruent with an ecological understanding of the supports (family and otherwise) that make resilience more likely.

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    For information on the SKIP initiative, see http://www.familyservices.govt.nz/working-with-us/programmes-services/positive-parenting/skip-index.html. Accessed 21 Feb 2011.

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  1. School of Health and Social Services, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    Jackie Sanders & Robyn Munford

  2. Resilience Research Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    Linda Liebenberg

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  1. School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Coburg Road 6414, Halifax, B3H 2A7, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Michael Ungar

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Sanders, J., Munford, R., Liebenberg, L. (2012). Young People, Their Families and Social Supports: Understanding Resilience with Complexity Theory. In: Ungar, M. (eds) The Social Ecology of Resilience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0586-3_19

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