Personality and ambivalence in decisions about becoming parents

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-96

  Pinquart, Martin ^a,b   Stotzka, Carolin ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Avoidance; Coping styles; Decision making; Fertility; Neuroticism; Parenthood; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149173558     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.1.87     Document Type: Article

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