Does youth relationship education continue to work after a high school class? A longitudinal study

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 490-500

  Gardner, Scott P ^a   Boellaard, Rila ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Marriage; Preparation; Youth relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849000330     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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