Identification of social-emotional problems among young children in foster care

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1351-1358

  Jee, Sandra H ^a,b   Conn, Anne Marie ^a   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a   Blumkin, Aaron ^a   Baldwin, Constance D ^a   Szilagyi, Moira A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Starlight Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

children; foster care; screening; Social emotional

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOPATHY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 78449271085     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02315.x     Document Type: Article

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