The psychological adjustment of transracial adoptees: An application of the Cultural-Racial Identity Model

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-191

  Baden, Amanda L ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adoption; Identity; Interracial; Transracial

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036103375     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014316018637     Document Type: Review

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