Internationally adopted adults who did not suffer severe early deprivation: The role of appraisal of adoption

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-197

  Storsbergen, Hester E ^a   Juffer, Femmie ^b   van Son, Maarten J M ^a   Hart, Harm 't ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adopted adults; Appraisal of adoption; International adoption; Mental health problems; Searching; Self esteem; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049183952     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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