The Impact of the Birth of a Baby on the Time Structure and Social Mixture of a Couple's Daily Life and Its Consequences for Well-Being

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1237-1258

  Monk, Timothy H ^a,c   Essex, Marilyn J ^b   Smider, Nancy A ^b   Klein, Marjorie H ^b   Lowe, Karen K ^a   Kupfer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0030486261     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01779.x     Document Type: Article

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