Intercountry adoption: The importance of ethnic socialization and subjective well-being for Korean-Born adopted children

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-89

  Yoon, Dong Pil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective self esteem; Ethnic socialization; Intercountry adoption; Korean born adoptees; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144449958     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v13n02_04     Document Type: Article

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