Patterns and predictors of adoption openness and contact: 14 years postadoption

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 607-620

  Crea, Thomas M ^a   Barth, Richard P ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent and parental topics; Adoption; Birth parents; Child parent relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949124441     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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