Negative Outcomes of Interethnic Adoption of Mexican American Children

Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-143

  Bausch, Robert S ^a   Serpe, Richard T ^b  

^a CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Interethnic adoption; Interracial adoption; Mexican Americans; Transracial adoption

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0031091944     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/42.2.136     Document Type: Article

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