The Experience of Adoption (2): The Association between Communicative Openness and Self-Esteem in Adoption

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-39

  Beckett, Celia ^a,d   Sonuga Barke, Edmund ^b,c,d  

^a PACT ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adopted siblings; adoption; openness; Romania; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649107718     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590803200105     Document Type: Article

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