Trajectories of Behavioral Adjustment Following Early Placement in Foster Care: Predicting Stability and Change Over 8 Years

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 464-473

  Proctor, Laura J ^a   Skriner, Laura C ^a   Roesch, Scott ^a   Litrownik, Alan J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral adjustment; child welfare; growth mixture modeling; maltreatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD CARE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; NEGLECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77953131329     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-201005000-00007     Document Type: Article

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