Understanding Adoptive Families: An Integrative Review of Empirical Research and Future Directions for Counseling Psychology

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 679-710

  O'brien, Karen M ^a   Zamostny, Kathy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0142215239     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000003258086     Document Type: Article

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