Parent-child closeness studied in adoptive families

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-154

  Loehlin, John C ^a   Horn, Joseph M ^a   Ernst, Jody L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Colorado League of Charter Schools ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Life outcomes; MMPI; Parent child closeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859106589     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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