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Researching Resilience focuses on research with youth living in adversity. The volume presents a variety of successful research methods and strategies to graduate students, frontline workers and professional researchers. Chapters discuss methods that are applicable in a variety of international contexts, and demonstrate how cultural sensitivity and heterogeneity in research sites can be strategically balanced with sound and valid research. Authors address questions of ethics and engaging with youth participating in resilience research, scientific rigour in quantitative methods, qualitative research such as image-based methods, use of mixed-methods, program evaluation and linking research to effective interventions. In this regard, this books stands out in the field as no other books have addressed this topic specifically from the point of view of research methods and challenges.

Combining papers presented at the Pathways to Resilience International Conference, June 15 - 17, 2005, and original work prepared for this volume, Resilience in Action explores youth interventions with a view to fostering resilience in those living in adverse situations. In order to provide a practical approach to the issue, the essays in this volume explore successful interventions, encouraging the transmission of effective practices from one community to another across borders.

List of Publications

Books & Special Issues

Book Chapters

Articles

RRC Reports

Books & Special Issues

	Ungar, M. (Forthcoming February, 2010). Counseling in challenging contexts:Working with individuals and families across clinical and community settings. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
	Ungar, M. (2009). The We generation: Raising socially responsible kids. Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart.
	Ungar, M. & Lerner, R. (Eds.) (2008). Special Issue: Resilience and positive development across the life span. Research in Human Development, 5(3).
	Campbell, C. & Ungar, M. (2008). The decade after high school: A professional's guide. Toronto, ON: The Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling.
	Campbell, C., Ungar, M. & Dutton, P. (2008). The decade after high school: A parent's guide. Toronto, ON: The Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling.
	Carrey, N. & Ungar, M. (Eds) (2007). Resilience. Monograph for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 16(2).
	Ungar, M. (2007). Too safe for their own good: How risk and responsibility help teens thrive. Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart.
	Ungar, M. (2007). Playing at being bad: The hidden resilience of troubled teens. Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart.
	Ungar, M. (2006). Strengths-based counseling for at-risk youth. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
	Ungar, M. (Ed.) (2005). Handbook for working with children and youth: Pathways to resilience across cultures and contexts. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
	Ungar, M. (2004). Nurturing hidden resilience in troubled youth. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

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Book Chapters

Ungar, M. (in press). Cultural dimensions of resilience among adults. In J. Reich and A. Zautra (Eds.), Adult resilience. Oxford University Press.

Ungar, M. (in press). Researching culturally diverse pathways to resilience: Challenges and solutions. In H.M. McCubbin (Ed.), Multiethnic Families. Honolulu, Hawaii: Le’a Press.

Bywater, P. & Ungar, M. (in press). Research in mental health settings. In K. Briar-Lawson, J. Orme, R. Ruckdeschel & I. Shaw (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Social Work Research.

Ungar, M., Toste, J. & Heath, N. (in press). Assessing resilience. In E. Mpofu & T. Oakland (Eds.), Assessment in rehabilitation and health. Allyn & Bacon.

Duque, L., Ungar, M. & Caicedo, B. (in press). Highlighting the importance of early intervention: The early prevention of aggressive behaviour program in Medellin Colombia. In B. McLure and M. Denov (Eds.). Interventions and Children’s Rights. Cambridge University Press.

Ungar, M. (2009). A sample research proposal for a mixed-methods investigation of resilience: The Pathways to Resilience Project. In L. Liebenberg & M. Ungar (Eds.), Researching resilience. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Ungar, M. (2008). Putting resilience theory into action: Five principles for intervention. In L. Liebenberg & M. Ungar (Eds.), Resilience in action (pp.17-38). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Ungar, M. (2007). Contextual and cultural aspects of resilience in child welfare settings. In I. Brown, F. Chaze, D. Fuchs, J. lafrance, S. McKay & S. Thomas Prokop (Eds.), Putting a human face on child welfare (pp. 1-24). Toronto: Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare.

Ungar, M. (2007). Grow ‘em strong: Methodological challenges researching childhood resilience. In A. Best (Ed.), Representing youth: Methodological issues in critical youth studies (pp. 84-109). New York: New York University Press.

Ungar, M. (2005). Introduction: Resilience across cultures and contexts. In M. Ungar (ed.), Handbook for working with children and youth: Pathways to resilience across cultures and contexts (pp.xv-xxxix). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Ungar, M. & Liebenberg, L. (2005). The International Resilience Project: A mixed methods approach to the study of resilience across cultures. In M. Ungar (ed.), Handbook for working with children and youth: Pathways to resilience across cultures and contexts (pp.211-226). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Ungar, M. & Teram, E. (2005). Qualitative resilience research: Contributions and risks. In M. Ungar (ed.), Handbook for working with children and youth: Pathways to resilience across cultures and contexts (pp.149-164). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Duque, L., Klevens, J., Ungar, M. & Lee, A. (2005). Violence prevention programming in Colombia: Challenges in project design and fidelity. In M. Ungar (ed.), Handbook for working with children and youth: Pathways to resilience across cultures and contexts (pp.455-472). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Ungar, M. & Nichols, G. (2002). The harmony of resistance: Qualitative research and ethical practice in social work. In W. C. van den Hoonaard (ed.), Walking the tightrope: Ethical issues for qualitative researchers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

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Articles

Ungar, M., Barter, K., McConnell, S., Tutty, L. & Fairholm, J. (in press). Patterns of disclosure among youth. Qualitative Social Work.

Liebenberg, L. (2009). The visual image as discussion point: Increasing validity in boundary crossing research. Qualitative Research.

Ungar, M. & Liebenberg, L. (2009). Cross-cultural consultation leading to the development of a valid measure of youth resilience: The International Resilience Project. Studia Psychologica, 51(2-3), 259-268.

Ungar, M., Liebenberg, L., Boothroyd, R., Kwong, WM., Lee, TY., Leblanc, J., Duque, L., & Makhnach, A. (2008). The study of youth resilience across cultures: Lessons from a pilot study of measurement development. Research in Human Development, 5(3), 166-180.

Ungar, M., Brown, M., Liebenberg, L., Cheung, M. & Levine, K. (2008). Distinguishing differences in pathways to resilience among Canadian youth. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 27(1), 1-13.

Ungar, M. (2008). Resilience across cultures. British Journal of Social Work, 38(2), 218-235.

Ungar, M., Brown, M., Liebenberg, L., Othman, R., Kwong, W.M., Armstrong, M. & Gilgun, J. (2007). Unique pathways to resilience across cultures. Adolescence, 42(166), 287-310.

Ungar, M. (2006). “Too ambitious”: What happens when funders misunderstand the strengths of qualitative research design. Qualitative Social Work, 5(2), 261-277.

Ungar, M. (2006). Nurturing hidden resilience in at-risk youth across cultures. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 15(2), 53-58.

Ungar, M., Clark, S., Kwong, W.M., Cameron, A. & Makhnach, A. (2005). Researching resilience across cultures. Journal of Cultural and Ethnic Social Work, 14(3/4), 1-20.

Armstrong, M., Birnie-Lefcovich, S. & Ungar, M. (2005). Pathways between social support, family well being, quality of parenting and child resilience: What we know. Journal of Family and Child Studies, 14(2), 269-281.

Ungar, M. (2005). Pathways to resilience among children in child welfare, corrections, mental health and educational settings: Navigation and negotiation. Child and Youth Care Forum, 34(6), 423-444.

Ungar, M. (2005). Resilience among children in child welfare, corrections, mental health and educational settings: Recommendations for service. Child and Youth Care Forum, 34(6), 445-464.

Ungar, M., Dumont, C. & MacDonald, W. (2005). Risk, resilience and outdoor programming for at-risk children. Journal of Social Work, 5(3), 319-338.

Ungar, M. (2005). A thicker description of resilience. The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (3-4), 89-96.

Ungar, M., Lee. A.W., Callaghan, T. & Boothroyd, R. (2005). An international collaboration to study resilience in adolescents across cultures. Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation, 6(1), 5-24.

Ungar, M. (2004). Bullies and bullied alike. Relational Child & Youth Care Practice, 17(3), 5-10.

Campbell, C.G. & Ungar, M. (2004). Constructing a life that works: Part one. The fit between postmodern family therapy and career counselling. The Career Development Quarterly, 53(1), 16-27.

Campbell, C.G. & Ungar, M. (2004). Constructing a life that works: Part two. An approach to practice. The Career Development Quarterly, 53(1), 28-40.

Ungar, M. (2004). The peer pressure myth. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 17(1), 11-17.

Ungar, M. (2004). A constructionist discourse on resilience: Multiple contexts, multiple realities among at-risk children and youth. Youth and Society, 35(3), 341-365.

Ungar, M. (2004). The importance of parents and other caregivers to the resilience of high-risk adolescents. Family Process, 43(1), 23-42.

Ungar, M. (2003). The professional social ecologist: Social work redefined. Canadian Social Work Review, 20(1), 5-23.

Ungar, M. (2003). Resilience, resources and relationships: Making integrated services more family-like. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 16(3), 45-57.

Ungar, M. (2003). Deep ecology and the roots of resilience: The importance of setting in outdoor experience-based programming for at-risk children. Critical Social Work, 3(1), 18-43.

Ungar, M. (2003). Qualitative contributions to resilience research. Qualitative Social Work, 2 (1), 85-102.

Ungar, M. (2002). Alliances and power: Social worker-community relationships. Canadian Social Work Review, 19(2), 227-244.

Ungar, M. (2002). A deeper, more social ecological social work practice. Social Service Review, 76(3), 480-497.

Ungar, M., Teram, E. & Picketts, J. (2001).Young offenders and their communities: Reframing the institution as an extension of the community. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 20(2), 29-42.

Ungar, M. (2001).The unapologetic qualitative social work researcher: A critical look at research methods and questions. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 9(2), 17-24.

Ungar, M. (2001). The social construction of resilience among problem youth in out-of-home placement: A study of health-enhancing deviance. Child and Youth Care Forum, 30(3), 137-154.

Ungar, M. (2001).Constructing narratives of resilience with high-risk youth. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 20(2), 58-73.

Ungar, M (2000). The myth of peer pressure: Adolescents and their search for health-enhancing identities. Adolescence, 35(137), 167-180.

Ungar, M. & Teram, E. (2000).Drifting towards mental health: High-risk adolescents and the process of empowerment. Youth and Society, 32(2), 225-252.

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RRC Reports

International Resilience Project

IRP Main Report (January 2006)

Site Reports (January 2006):

Summary Report of IRP Research Forum II Proceedings (2005)

Summary Report on Year One Activities and the First Halifax Team Meeting (2003)

IRP Research Manual

Pathways to Resilience

Research Update: Results from Phase One (May 2009)

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