Emerging Adulthood and Leaving Foster Care: Settings Associated with Mental Health

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 335-348

  Fowler, Patrick J ^a   Toro, Paul A ^b   Miles, Bart W ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adulthood; Foster care; Latent growth modeling; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MICHIGAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952449823     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9401-2     Document Type: Article

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