Initial validation of the open adoption scale: Measuring the influence of adoption myths on attitudes toward open adoption

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 179-196

  Brown, Donna ^a,b   Ryan, Scott ^a   Pushkal, Janet Therese ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Council Against Sexual Violence   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Open adoption myths; Open adoptions; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650484666     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926750802163246     Document Type: Article

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