Youth departing from residential care: A gender comparison

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-38

  Griffith, Annette K ^a   Trout, Alexandra L ^a   Chmelka, M Beth ^b   Farmer, Elizabeth M Z ^c   Epstein, Michael H ^a   Reid, Robert ^a   Huefner, Jonathan C ^b   Orduna, Debbie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b National Research Institute for Child and Family Studies   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftercare; Departure; Gender; Residential care; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149481668     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-008-9204-3     Document Type: Article

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