Young Adult International Adoptees' Search for Birth Parents

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 678-687

  Tieman, Wendy ^a,b   van der Ende, Jan ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adoptive family characteristics; international adoption; problem behavior; psychiatric disorders; searching behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849416339     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013172     Document Type: Article

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