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Why Do Children Experience Multiple Placement Changes in Foster Care? Content Analysis on Reasons for Instability

Theodore P. Cross University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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Eun Koh University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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Nancy Rolock University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Jennifer Eblen-Manning University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Pages 39-58 | Received 09 May 2011, Accepted 29 Sep 2012, Published online: 14 Feb 2013

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