The subjective well-being of young people aging out of care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1705-1711

  Dinisman, Tamar ^a   Zeira, Anat ^b   Sulimani Aidan, Yafit ^c   Benbenishty, Rami ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging out of care; Learning difficulties; Relationship with parents; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882779968     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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