Adoption of Romanian children in the Netherlands: Behavior problems and parenting burden of upbringing for adoptive parents

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-180

  Hoksbergen, René ^a   Rijk, Kathinka ^a   Van Dijkum, Cor ^a   Laak, Jan Ter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adoption; Burden; Research; Romanian

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DELINQUENCY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; ROMANIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROMANIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3242670840     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200406000-00006     Document Type: Article

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