Stepfamily education for Latino families: Implications for practice

Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-128

  Skogrand, Linda ^a   Barrios Bell, Abril ^a   Higginbotham, Brian ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latino; Marriage and relationship education; Remarriage; Stepfamily

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849138769     PISSN: 15332691     EISSN: 15332683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332690902813802     Document Type: Article

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