Global family concerns and the role of family life education: An ecosystemic analysis

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-27

  Darling, Carol A ^a   Turkki, Kaija ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Family life education; Global family concerns

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849154053     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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