Offering relationship education (prep) for couples during pregnancy: Self-selection patterns

Family Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 676-685

  Engsheden, Natalie ^a   Fabian, Helena ^a   Sarkadi, Anna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Couple relationship; PREP; Preventing marital distress; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883021859     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fare.12032     Document Type: Article

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