Relationship supportiveness during the transition to parenting among married and unmarried parents

Parenting

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 123-142

  Howard, Kimberly S ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 60149107490     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295190802656828     Document Type: Article

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