White parents’ attitudes towards their adopted chinese daughters' ethnic identity

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 57-76

  Tan, Tony Xing ^a   Nakkula, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adopted chinese girls; Ethnic identity; White adoptive parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247649883     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v07n04_03     Document Type: Article

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