Kinship care and sibling placement: Child behavior, family relationships, and school outcomes

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 670-679

  Hegar, Rebecca L ^a   Rosenthal, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare outcomes; Foster care; Foster care outcomes; Kinship; Kinship foster care; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349162062     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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