Increasing marital intimacy: Lessons from marital enrichment

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 581-589

  Hickmon Jr , William Adrian ^a   Protinsky, Howard O ^b   Singh, Kusum ^b  

^a HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventure based therapy; Marital enrichment; Marital intimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031325891     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026191223476     Document Type: Article

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