Growing up in foster care: Providing a secure base through adolescence

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-266

  Schofield, Gillian ^a   Beek, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Long term foster care; Resilience; Secure base

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651163477     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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