Intentions to seek marriage counseling

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-304

  Bringle, Robert G ^a   Byers, Diane ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; Marriage counseling; Sex differences; Subjective norm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031173065     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585128     Document Type: Article

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