Two-Year Follow-up of Girls Adopted from China: Continuity and Change in Behavioural Adjustment

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-21

  Tan, Tony Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adopted children; Behavioural adjustment; Chinese children; Longitudinal data; Suboptimal adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTED CHILD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHINA; CONDUCT DISORDER; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78651421253     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2010.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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