Perceived premarital counseling outcomes among recently married army personnel

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-186

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

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; FAMILY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034031736     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009262300278579     Document Type: Article

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