Parental expressiveness as a moderator of coparenting and marital relationship quality

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-478

  Kolak, Amy M ^a   Volling, Brenda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparenting; Expressiveness; Fathers; Marital quality; Parent child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849015890     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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