Do adult emotional and behavioural outcomes vary as a function of diverse childhood experiences of the public care system?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2213-2220

  Dregan, A ^a   Brown, J ^b   Armstrong, D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult outcomes; behavioural disorder; cohort; emotional disorder; public care

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CRIME; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FOSTER HOME CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80054960257     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000274     Document Type: Article

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