Changes in Marital Satisfaction Across the Transition to Parenthood: The Role of Adult Attachment Orientations

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1506-1522

  Kohn, Jamie L ^a   Rholes, Steven W ^b   Simpson, Jeffry A ^c   Martin III, A McLeish ^b   Tran, SiSi ^d   Wilson, Carol L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult attachment; family; marriage; romantic relationships; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARRIAGE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; TIME;

EID: 84867062478     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212454548     Document Type: Article

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