Patterns of couple interaction during the transition to parenthood

Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-122

  Houts, Renate M ^a   Barnett Walker, Kortnee C ^a   Paley, Blair ^b,d   Cox, Martha J ^c,e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 39749104936     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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