Time out from stress: Camp program and parenting groups for homeless mothers

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-384

  Kissman, Kris ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family therapy; Homeless women; Parenting groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033181246     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021964416412     Document Type: Article

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