The role of infant temperament in stability and change in coparenting across the first year of life

Parenting

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 143-159

  Davis, Evan F ^a   Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^b   Mangelsdorf, Sarah C ^c   Brown, Geoffrey L ^d  

^a Forty Carrots Family Center   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 60149086625     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295190802656836     Document Type: Article

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