Epilogue: A strengths-based conceptual framework for understanding families world-wide

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 447-466

  DeFrain, John ^a   Asay, Sylvia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community strengths world wide; Cultural strengths world wide; Family strengths world wide

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548610805     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v41n03_10     Document Type: Article

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