An empirical approach to designing marriage preparation programs

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-283

  Williams, Lee M ^a   Riley, Lisa A ^b   Risch, Gail S ^b   Vandyke, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005858449     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: 15210383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019261899261970     Document Type: Article

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