The impact of the pick a partner relationship education program on single army soldiers

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 328-349

  Van Epp, Morgan C ^a   Futris, Ted G ^b   Van Epp, John C ^c   Campbell, Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Private Practice Medina   (United States)

Author keywords

Army life; Premarital relationships; Program evaluation; Relationship beliefs; Relationship development; Relationship education

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749127970     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X08316347     Document Type: Article

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