Adolescents' feelings about openness in adoption: Implications for adoption agencies

Child Welfare

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1011-1039

  Berge, Jerica M ^a   Mendenhall, Tai J ^a   Wrobel, Gretchen M ^b   Grotevant, Harold D ^c   McRoy, Ruth G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADOPTION; ATTITUDE; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847367693     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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