Cooperative extension initiatives in marriage and couples education

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-439

  Goddard, H Wallace ^a   Olsen, Charlotte Shoup ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Couples education; Extension; Marriage education

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644292664     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2004.00051.x     Document Type: Review

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