Leaving or launching? Continuing family involvement with children and adolescents in placement

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 452-465

  Blacher, Jan ^a   Baker, Bruce L ^b   Feinfield, Kristin Abbott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUILT; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 0033195858     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1999)104<0452:LOLCFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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