Adult psychosocial functioning of children raised in an orphanage

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 3-21

  Myers, Laura L ^a   Rittner, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Orphanage; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937336035     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v18n04_02     Document Type: Article

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