Lesbian couples' relationship quality across the transition to parenthood

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-100

  Goldberg, Abbie E ^a   Sayer, Aline ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Lesbian; Longitudinal; Love; Relationship processes; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645165616     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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