Benefits of flexible delivery relationship education: An evaluation of the Couple CARE program

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 469-476

  Halford, W Kim ^a   Moore, Elizabeth ^b   Wilson, Keithia L ^b   Farrugia, Charles ^b   Dyer, Carmel ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Education; Flexible delivery; Marriage; Relationship; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644266053     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2004.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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