The Family Adoption Communication (FAC) Model: Identifying Pathways of Adoption-Related Communication

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-84

  Wrobel, Gretchen Miller ^a   Kohler, Julie K ^b   Grotevant, Harold D ^c   McRoy, Ruth G ^d  

^a Bethel College   (United States)

^b James S And John L Knight Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptive families; Family communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751507788     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v07n02_04     Document Type: Article

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