Partnering and parenting expectations in adoptive couples

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-322

  Santona, Alessandra ^a   Zavattini, Giulio Cesare ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adoption; Attachment; Couple

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 24644436016     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681990500142004     Document Type: Article

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