Ethnic identity development of internationally adopted children and adolescents: Implications for family therapists

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-60

  Friedlander, Myrna L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RACE RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032612289     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1999.tb01109.x     Document Type: Article

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