Positive and negative emotion in the daily life of dual-earner couples with children

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-85

  Campos, Belinda ^a   Wang, Shu wen ^b   Plaksina, Tatyana ^c   Repetti, Rena L ^c   Schoebi, Dominik ^c,d   Ochs, Elinor ^c   Beck, Margaret E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinner; Family life; Gender; Naturalistic observation; Positive negative emotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84882990357     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031413     Document Type: Article

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