Relationship education for unmarried couples with children: Parental responses to the building strong families project

Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-180

  Dion, M Robin ^a   Hershey, Alan M ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Building strong families; Couple education; Relationship education; Relationship skills training; Unmarried couples

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951682294     PISSN: 15332691     EISSN: 15332683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332691003694919     Document Type: Article

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