Coparenting quality: Contributions of child and parent characteristics

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 232-240

  Stright, Anne Dopkins ^a   Bales, Stephanie Stigler ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparenting; Education; Family of origin; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042264982     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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