Kinship foster parents' perceptions of factors that promote or inhibit successful fostering

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-109

  Coakley, Tanya M ^a   Cuddeback, Gary ^b   Buehler, Cheryl ^a   Cox, Mary Ellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Kinship; Perceptions; Successful fostering

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846091200     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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