Young children in foster care and the development of favorable outcomes

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1822-1830

  Healey, Cynthia V ^a   Fisher, Philip A ^a  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Early childhood; Executive function; Foster care; Resilience; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052145541     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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