Family structural openness and communication openness as predictors in the adjustment of adopted children

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Brodzinsky, David ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adopted children; Adoption communication; Children's adjustment; Open adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751535459     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v09n04_01     Document Type: Article

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