When an adoption disrupts: A study of public attitudes

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-166

  Hollingsworth, Leslie Doty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Attitude theory; Disruption; Dissolution; Public attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037997190     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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