PREP inside and out: Marriage education for inmates

Family Process

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-356

  Einhorn, Lindsey ^a   Williams, Tamara ^a   Stanley, Scott ^a   Wunderlin, Nicole ^a   Markman, Howard ^a   Eason, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Education; Incarceration; Marriage; Prevention; Prison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRISONER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; TEACHING;

COMMUNICATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PRISONERS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 51349145131     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2008.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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