Marital satisfaction and child adjustment: Direct and mediated pathways

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-452

  Fishman, Elizabeth A ^a   Meyers, Steven A ^b  

^a THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child psychopathology; Marital satisfaction; Parent child involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034344589     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007848901640     Document Type: Article

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