Understanding social support's role in the relationship between maltreatment and depression in youth with foster care experience

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-113

  Salazar, Amy M ^a   Keller, Thomas E ^a   Courtney, Mark E ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

aging out; child welfare; child welfare services child protection; depression; foster care; long term effects; maltreatment; social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955706738     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559511402985     Document Type: Article

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