Improving the lives of children in foster care: The impact of supervised visitation

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-300

  McWey, Lenore M ^a   Mullis, Ann K ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Child adjustment; Family; Foster care; Reunification; Visitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442458832     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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