The perils of love, or why wives adapt to husbands during the transition to parenthood

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 195-204

  Johnson, Elizabeth M ^a   Huston, Ted L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Division of labor; Interdependence; Love; Marital influence; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039572231     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353451     Document Type: Article

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