Interventions for couples

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 165-190

  Christensen, A ^a   Heavey, C L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple therapy; Enrichment; Marital therapy; Premarital counseling; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; COUPLES THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY, RATIONAL-EMOTIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032608928     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.165     Document Type: Article

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