Testosterone and relationship quality across the transition to fatherhood

Biological Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 186-191

  Perini, Tiziana ^a   Ditzen, Beate ^a   Fischbacher, Simona ^a   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fatherhood; Life change; Paternity; Relationship quality; Testosterone; Transition

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BIRTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FATHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861155106     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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