Mother and father adjustment during early parenthood: The roles of infant temperament and coparenting relationship quality

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 504-514

  Solmeyer, Anna R ^a   Feinberg, Mark E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparenting; Depressive symptoms; Family systems; Infant temperament; Parent self efficacy; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTHOOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84860395122     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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