Transracial adoptees: Developmental status after 17 years

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 568-575

  Vroegh, Karen S ^a  

^a Chicago Child Care Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EGO IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0030665820     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080254     Document Type: Article

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