One adult who is crazy about you: Can natural mentoring relationships increase assets among young adults with and without foster care experience?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-577

  Greeson, Johanna K P ^a   Usher, Lynn ^a   Grinstein Weiss, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Emerging adulthood; Former foster youth; Foster care; Future expectations; Individual risk; Mediation; Natural mentoring; Relationship strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949088016     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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