Adolescent adjustment in a nationally collected sample: Identifying group differences by adoption status, adoption subtype, developmental stage and gender

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-282

  Burrow, Anthony L ^a   Tubman, Jonathan G ^a   Finley, Gordon E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 3042555835     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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