Father involvement and marital relationship during transition to parenthood: Differences between dual and single-earner families

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 639-647

  Menéndez, Susana ^a   Hidalgo, M Victoria ^b   Jiménez, Lucia ^b   Moreno, M Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Father involvement; Marital quality; Mother's work status; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155145942     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n2.12     Document Type: Article

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