Who will attend? Characteristics of couples and individuals in marriage education

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Morris, Michael Lane ^a   Mcmillan, Heather S ^b   Duncan, Stephen F ^c   Larson, Jeffry H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family life education; Marketing; Marriage education; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952415241     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2011.558463     Document Type: Article

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