Effects of a couple communication program on marital adjustment

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-44

  Yalcin, Bektas Murat ^a   Karahan, Tevfik Fikret ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPOUSES; TURKEY;

EID: 33846866099     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.01.060053     Document Type: Article

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