Factors associated with distress among support-seeking adoptive parents

Family Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-220

  Bird, Gloria W ^a   Peterson, Rick ^a   Miller, Stephanie Hotta ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adoptive parents; Coping; Stress; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036638335     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2002.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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