Parent-child relationships, partner relationships, and emotional adjustment: A birth-to-maturity prospective study

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 429-437

  Overbeek, Geertjan ^a   Stattin, Håkan ^b   Vermulst, Ad ^a   Ha, Thao ^a   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotional adjustment; Parent child relationships; Partner relationship quality; Prospective longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 33947521081     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.2.429     Document Type: Article

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