School functioning of children in residential care: The contributions of multilevel correlates

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 429-440

  Attar Schwartz, Shalhevet ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children in care; Gender; Parental visitation; Quality of care; Residential care; School performance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL STRESS; SOCIAL WORKER; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650762432     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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