Examining the Process by Which Marital Adjustment Affects Maternal Warmth: The Role of Coparenting Support as a Mediator

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-296

  Bonds, Darya D ^a   Gondoli, Dawn M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

coparenting support; longitudinal mediation; marital adjustment; maternal warmth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34548409215     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.2.288     Document Type: Article

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