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ERIC Number: EJ256012
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1981-Nov
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The Effect of the First Child on the Marital Relationship.
Waldron, Holly; Routh, Donald K.
Journal of Marriage and the Family, v43 n4 p785-88 Nov 1981
Couples (N=46) expecting their first child completed the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale and the Bem Sex Role Inventory during the last trimester of the wife's pregnancy and again after the birth of the baby. Results indicated that wives' marital adjustment scores were significantly lower following the birth. (Author)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Birth, Emotional Adjustment, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Instability, Sex Role, Spouses
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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