The family characteristics of youth entering a residential care program

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-150

  Griffith, Annette K ^a   Ingram, Stephanie D ^b   Barth, Richard P ^c   Trout, Alexandra L ^a   Duppong Hurley, Kristin ^a   Thompson, Ronald W ^b   Epstein, Michael H ^a  

^a Center for At Risk Children's Services   (United States)

^b National Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Family characteristics; Parenting; Residential care; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449090241     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08865710902914283     Document Type: Article

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