Foster parents' understanding of children's problematic attachment strategies: The need for therapeutic responsiveness

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 49-64

  Tyrrell, Christine ^a   Dozier, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment strategies; Foster care; Foster parents; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644444691     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v02n04_04     Document Type: Article

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