The Experience of Foster Care: Relationship Between Foster Parent Disciplinary Approaches and Aggression in a Sample of Young Foster Children

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-102

  De Robertis, Megan Tripp ^a,c   Litrownik, Alan J ^a,b,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Foster care; Harsh discipline; Kinship

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2342475260     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559503260402     Document Type: Article

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