Caucasian Parents and Korean Adoptees: A Survey of Parents' Perceptions

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 41-58

  Sook Bergquist, Kathleen Ja ^a   Campbell, Mary E ^a   Unrau, Yvonne A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercountry adoption; Korean adoptees; Racial identity; Transracial adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248608678     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v06n04_03     Document Type: Article

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