Historical overview of criteria for marital and family success

Family Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Billingsley, Sam ^a   Lim, Mee Gaik ^b,e   Caron, Janice ^b   Harris, Anthony ^c   Canada, Richard ^d  

^a College Church of Christ ^*  (United States)

^b CAPELLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

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EID: 22544459643     PISSN: 00916544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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