Interventions for foster parents: Implications for developmental theory

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 843-860

  Dozier, Mary ^a   Albus, Kathleen ^a   Fisher, Philip A ^b   Sepulveda, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0037841962     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579402004091     Document Type: Review

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