Work-Parenting Linkages among Dual-Earner Couples at the Transition to Parenthood

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 397-408

  Costigan, Catherine L ^a   Cox, Martha J ^b   Cauce, Ana Mari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0141542712     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.17.3.397     Document Type: Article

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