Children's voices: The perceptions of children in foster care

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-304

  Chapman, Mimi V ^a   Wall, Ariana ^a   Barth, Richard P ^a   Biemer, P ^b   Runyan, D ^a   Webb, M ^d   Dowd, K ^b   Griffith, J ^c   Kinsey, S ^b   Weeks, M ^b   Byron, M Z ^b   Cano, G ^b   Green, R ^a   Herget, D ^b   Langer, M ^b   Liu, J ^b   Lytle, T ^b   McCracken, R ^b   Mierzwa, F ^b   Suresh, R ^b   Wallace, I ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3342984854     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.3.293     Document Type: Article

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