Marital therapy, retreats, and books: The who, what, when, and why of relationship help-seeking

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-29

  Doss, Brian D ^a,c   Rhoades, Galena K ^b   Stanley, Scott M ^b   Markman, Howard J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c MS 4235 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 58149105779     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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