Parents' differential susceptibility to the effects of marital quality on sensitivity across the first year

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 442-452

  Jessee, Allison ^a   Mangelsdorf, Sarah C ^b   Brown, Geoffrey L ^c   Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^d   Shigeto, Aya ^a   Wong, Maria S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential susceptibility; Family dynamics; Marital relations; Parent child relations; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY STUDY; MARRIAGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649820035     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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