Criteria for marital satisfaction: Does having a child make a difference?

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-156

  Guttmann, Joseph ^a   Lazar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMOR; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JEALOUSY; LEISURE; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PARENTHOOD; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUST;

EID: 4444319796     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830410001723733     Document Type: Article

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