Early developmental and psychosocial risks and longitudinal behavioral adjustment outcomes for preschool-age girls adopted from China

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 306-314

  Tan, Tony Xing ^a   Marfo, Kofi ^a   Dedrick, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adopted girls; Behavioral adjustment; Chinese children; Indicators of pre adoption adversity; Longitudinal data

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954534439     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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