Marital and parenting satisfaction and infant care self-efficacy during the transition to parenthood: The effect of infant sex

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-57

  Elek, Susan M ^a   Brage Hudson, Diane ^b   Bouffard, Carla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NURSING; PARENTHOOD; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SELF CONCEPT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHER CHILD RELATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF EFFICACY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0038072958     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01460860390183065     Document Type: Article

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