Predicting spouses' perceptions of their parenting alliance

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 506-514

  Hughes, Farrah M ^a,b   Gordon, Kristina Coop ^a   Gaertner, Lowell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparenting; Depression; Marital conflict; Marital efficacy; Marital power; Parenting alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442652871     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2004.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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