Adoption: Biological and social processes linked to adaptation

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 235-265

  Grotevant, Harold D ^a   McDermott, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Context; Development; Families; Neuroendocrine system; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; FAMILY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FAMILY; HUMANS; PARENTING;

EID: 84892159050     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115020     Document Type: Review

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