Raising awareness about marital expectations: Are unrealistic beliefs changed by integrative teaching?

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-76

  Sharp, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Ganong, Lawrence H ^b  

^a 314 Gentry Hall ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrative teaching; Marriage; Premarital expectations; Romantic beliefs; Unrealistic beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033622336     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00071.x     Document Type: Review

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