Risk and protective factors for residential foster care adolescents

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Aguilar Vafaie, Maria E ^a   Roshani, Mehrnoosh ^a   Hassanabadi, Hamidreza ^b   Masoudian, Zahra ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Kavosh Research Town   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Indicated intervention; Internalizing externalizing psychopathology; Mental health; Prevention; Prosocial behavior; Protective factors; Residential foster care; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649959464     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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