Adolescents adjusting to a group home environment: A residential care model of re-organizing attachment behavior and building resiliency

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1131-1141

  Hawkins Rodgers, Yolanda ^a  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Parent child relationships; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547655350     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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