The importance of friends among foster youth aging out of care: Cluster profiles of deviant peer affiliations

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-291

  Shook, Jeffrey J ^a   Vaughn, Michael G ^b   Litschge, Christy ^a   Kolivoski, Karen ^a   Schelbe, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging out; Foster care; Peer affiliations

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149467650     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.07.024     Document Type: Article

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