Behavior problems in postinstitutionalized internationally adopted children

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-148

  Guinnar, Megan R ^a   Van Dulmen, Manfred H M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AGE; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EASTERN EUROPE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THOUGHT DISORDER; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 33947355464     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579407070071     Document Type: Article

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