Longitudinal changes in marital relationships: The role of offspring's pubertal development

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1005-1020

  Whiteman, Shawn D ^a,c   McHale, Susan M ^b   Crouter, Ann C ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Family systems; Marital conflict; Marital satisfaction; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948844530     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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