Intergenerational transmission of marital quality across the transition to parenthood

Family Process

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-459

  Perren, Sonja ^a,b   Von Wyl, Agnes ^a   Bürgin, Dieter ^a   Simoni, Heidi ^a   Von Klitzing, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Family of origin; First Birth; Marital Quality; Marital Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 30344485685     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2005.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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