The Relationship Between Parent-Infant Bed Sharing and Marital Satisfaction for Mothers of Infants

Family Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 798-810

  Messmer, Rosemary ^a   Miller, Lynn D ^a   Yu, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mothers; Satisfaction with marriage and close relationships; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869013047     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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