Assessment of problem behaviour by foster parents and their foster children

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-100

  Strijker, Johan ^a   Van Oijen, Simon ^a   Knot Dickscheit, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Breakdown; CBCL; Foster care; Problem behaviour; YSR

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650251323     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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