Premarital counseling and marital satisfaction among civilian wives of military service members

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Schumm, Walter R ^a   Resnick, Gary ^b   Silliman, Benjamin ^c   Bell, D Bruce ^d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031965155     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926239808414665     Document Type: Article

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