Reaction and adaptation to the birth of a child: A couple-level analysis

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 749-761

  Dyrdal, Gunvor Marie ^a   Lucas, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Couples; GSOEP; Life satisfaction; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIRTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PARTURITION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876135753     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028335     Document Type: Article

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