An Ecological Understanding of Kinship Foster Care in the United States

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 863-872

  Hong, Jun Sung ^a   Algood, Carl L ^b   Chiu, Yu Ling ^a   Lee, Stephanie Ai Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Ecological systems theory; Kinship foster care; Parenting; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255196235     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-011-9454-3     Document Type: Article

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