Adopted foster youths' psychosocial functioning: A longitudinal perspective

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-348

  Simmel, Cassandra ^a   Barth, Richard P ^b   Brooks, Devon ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Behaviour problems; Foster children; Longitudinal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848844456     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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