Stepfamily Education Booster Sessions

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-163

  Vaterlaus, J Mitch ^a   Allgood, Scot M ^a   Higginbotham, Brian J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

booster sessions; cultural sensitivity; family life education; group work; intervention theory; stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858124492     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01609513.2011.599017     Document Type: Article

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