Making sense of leaving care: The contribution of Bridges model of transition to understanding the psycho-social process

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2532-2539

  Dima, Gabriela ^a,b   Skehill, Caroline ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bridges model of transition; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Leaving public care; Youth transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255142159     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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