Goodness-of-fit in family context: Infant temperament, marital quality, and early coparenting behavior

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-96

  Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^a   Mangelsdorf, Sarah C ^b   Brown, Geoffrey L ^b   Szewczyk Sokolowski, Margaret ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coparenting behavior; Goodness of fit; Infant temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33846783277     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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