Full-time studying and long-term relationships: Make or break for mature students?

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-88

  Norton, Lin S ^a   Thomas, Sue ^a   Morgan, Keith ^a   Tilley, Alice ^a   Dickins, Thomas E ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032345343     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069889808253840     Document Type: Article

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