Becoming a Parent and Relationship Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Dyadic Perspective

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 759-773

  Keizer, Renske ^a   Schenk, Niels ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyadic data; Families and work; Relationship satisfaction; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863883348     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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