The legacy of parents' marital discord: Consequences for children's marital quality

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 627-638

  Amato, Paul R ^a   Booth, Alan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY RELATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85047682368     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.4.627     Document Type: Article

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