Understanding contextual effects on externalizing behaviors in children in out-of-home care: Influence of workers and foster families

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2050-2060

  Cheung, Connie ^a   Goodman, Deborah ^b   Leckie, George ^c   Jenkins, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Child Welfare Institute of the Children's Aid Society of Toronto   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child externalizing; Child in care; Foster family effects; Multilevel modeling; Worker effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052166266     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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