Remarriage preparation: Usage, perceived helpfulness, and dyadic adjustment

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-329

  Higginbotham, Brian J ^a   Miller, Julie J ^b   Niehuis, Sylvia ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Child and Family Support Center   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyadic adjustment; Family life education; Marriage preparation; Remarriage; Stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650838731     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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