Attitude, interest, and motivation for adoption and foster care

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 685-706

  Tyebjee, Tyzoon ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142759774     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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