Estimating the "impact" of out-of-home placement on child well-being: Approaching the problem of selection bias

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1856-1876

  Berger, Lawrence M ^a   Bruch, Sarah K ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth I ^b   James, Sigrid ^c   Rubin, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 72449144607     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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