Openness in Adoption and the Level of Child Participation

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2358-2374

  Wrobel, Gretchen Miller ^a,d   Ayers Lopez, Susan ^b   Grotevant, Harold D ^c   McRoy, Ruth G ^b   Friedrick, Meredith ^b  

^a Bethel College

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0030253091     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01862.x     Document Type: Article

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