Why youth leave care: Understandings of adulthood and transition successes and challenges among youth aging out of child welfare

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1039-1048

  Goodkind, Sara ^a   Schelbe, Lisa A ^a   Shook, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging out; Child welfare; Emerging adulthood; Independence; Interdependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954583060     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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