Can Gay and Lesbian Parents Promote Healthy Development in High-Risk Children Adopted From Foster Care?

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 465-472

  Lavner, Justin A ^a   Waterman, Jill ^a   Peplau, Letitia Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adopted children; Cognitive development; Externalizing problems; Foster care; Gay and lesbian parents; Internalizing problems; Sexual orientation; Transracial adoption

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADOPTIVE PARENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 84867321650     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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