Multidimensional Aspects of Adoptive Family Social Disclosure Patterns

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-65

  Weir, Kyle N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptive parents; Social disclosure; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937334077     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v05n01_04     Document Type: Article

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