Premarital counseling

Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 207-217

  Williams, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Marriage education; Marriage preparation; Premarital counseling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548605709     PISSN: 15332691     EISSN: 15332683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J398v06n01_17     Document Type: Article

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