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ERIC Number: EJ594587
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8449
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Psychological Characteristics of South African Street Children.
le Roux, Johann; Smith, Cheryl Sylvia
Adolescence, v33 n132 p891-99 Win 1998
Attempts to identify the psychological characteristics that predispose certain children to run away and to survive, often for long periods, on the streets of South Africa. Examines vulnerability and resilience as well as social conditions that mediate the psychological predisposition to become a street child. (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Conditioning, Foreign Countries, Homeless People, Psychological Characteristics, Resilience (Personality), Runaways, Social Environment, Social Influences, Urban Youth, Youth Problems
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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