Adoptive family adjustment and its relation to perceived family environment

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-60

  Martin, Betty ^a   Kelly, Mary Margaret ^a   Towner Thyrum, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acknowledgment; Adoption; Adoptive family adjustment; Expressiveness; Family environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937180027     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v03n01_04     Document Type: Article

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