Trajectories of conflict over raising adolescent children and marital satisfaction

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-494

  Cui, Ming ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Conflict; Dyadic data; Growth curve analysis; Marital satisfaction; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749106312     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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