Adult well-being of foster care alumni: Comparisons to other child welfare recipients and a non-child welfare sample in a high-risk, urban setting

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 367-376

  Mersky, Joshua P ^a   Janczewski, Colleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult outcomes; Child welfare; Foster care; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872378504     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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