Adoptive Family “Leap-Frogging” Patterns

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-41

  Weir, Kyle N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptive parents; Developmental change patterns; Family development; Leap frogging; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247448842     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v07n01_03     Document Type: Article

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