Benefits of stepfamily education: One-Year Post-Program

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 149-163

  Skogrand, Linda ^a   Dansie, Loni ^a   Higginbotham, Brian J ^a   Davis, Patricia ^a   Barrios Bell, Abril ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple relationship education; Evaluation; Stepfamilies; Stepfamily education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957565436     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2011.571634     Document Type: Article

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