Development of the attitudes about romance and mate selection scale

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-231

  Cobb, Nathan P ^a   Larson, Jeffry H ^a   Watson, Wendy L ^a  

^a Wilson Banwell and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Marriage; Mate selection; Premarital counseling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042265017     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00222.x     Document Type: Review

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