What We Don't Expect When Expecting: Evidence for Heterogeneity in Subjective Well-Being in Response to Parenthood

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 384-392

  Galatzer Levy, Isaac R ^a   Mazursky, Heather ^b   Mancini, Anthony D ^c   Bonanno, George A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Latent growth mixture modeling; Parenthood; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79959304668     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023759     Document Type: Article

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