The relationship between number of children, marital quality and women's psychological distress

Psychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-39

  Noor, Noraini M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children; Marital problems; Marital quality; Moderating effects; Spouse support; Women's psychological distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033409403     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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