Openness in Adoption, Knowledge of Birthparent Information, and Adoptive Family Adjustment

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-52

  Hollenstein, Tom ^a   Leve, Leslie D ^b   Scaramella, Laura V ^c   Milfort, Roline ^d   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Birthparent; Openness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247456474     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v07n01_04     Document Type: Article

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