Competence and African American children in informal kinship care: The role of family

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1305-1312

  Washington, Tyreasa ^a   Gleeson, James P ^b   Rulison, Kelly L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic competence; Child welfare; Grandparents raising grandchildren; Multilevel modeling; Promotive factors; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879134823     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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