What factors contribute to the resilience of African-American children within kinship care?

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 255-269

  Johnson Garner, Monique Y ^a,b   Meyers, Steven A ^a  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family functioning; Kinship care; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543107852     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025883726991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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