Parent characteristics and early coparenting behavior at the transition to parenthood

Social Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 363-383

  Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^a   Mangelsdorf, Sarah C ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparenting; Marital interaction; Parent characteristics; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876408894     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12014     Document Type: Article

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