Adoption and Adjustment in Adolescence

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-30

  Fergusson, David ^a   Horwood, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adolescent outcomes; adoption; longitudinal study; single parent family

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004621862     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857599802200105     Document Type: Article

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