The impact of relationship education on adolescents of diverse backgrounds

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-303

  Adler Baeder, Francesca ^a   Kerpelman, Jennifer L ^a   Schramm, David G ^a   Higginbotham, Brian ^b   Paulk, Amber ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent romantic relationships; Dating violence; Family life education and related areas; Marriage; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250316870     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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