The Couples Coping Enhancement Training (CCET): A new approach to prevention of marital distress based upon stress and coping

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 477-484

  Bodenmann, Guy ^a   Shantinath, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coping; Education; Marriage; Prevention; Satisfaction; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644286389     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2004.00056.x     Document Type: Review

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