No fun anymore: Leisure and marital quality across the transition to parenthood

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-43

  Claxton, Amy ^a   Perry Jenkins, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyadic couple data; Family leisure; Relationship quality; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849203260     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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