Making a case for premarital education

Family Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 272-280

  Stanley, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Marriage; Premarital; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035593056     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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