Growing up in foster families or institutions: Attachment representation and psychological adjustment of young adults

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 551-566

  Nowacki, Katja ^a   Schoelmerich, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS DORTMUND   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment representation; Foster families; Institutions; Psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957900013     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2010.504547     Document Type: Article

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