THE NEW BEGINNINGS PROGRAM FOR DIVORCING AND SEPARATING FAMILIES: MOVING FROM EFFICACY TO EFFECTIVENESS

Family Court Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-435

  Wolchik, Sharlene A ^a   Sandler, Irwin N ^a   Jones, Sarah ^b   Gonzales, Nancy ^c   Doyle, Kathryn ^d   Winslow, Emily ^a   Zhou, Qing ^e   Braver, Sanford L ^c  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b Universtiy of Washington   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

children and divorce; divorce; effectiveness trials; parental divorce; parenting after divorce; parenting interventions; prevention programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951853244     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2009.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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