Children's satisfaction with out-of-home care in South Australia

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 523-533

  Delfabbro, Paul H ^a   Barberand, James G ^b   Bentham, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HAPPINESS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORKER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONSUMER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN RELATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PARENTING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 23644438537     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.2002.0497     Document Type: Article

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