Research ArticleOriginal Research

Effects of a Couple Communication Program on Marital Adjustment

Bektas Murat Yalcin and Tevfik Fikret Karahan
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2007, 20 (1) 36-44; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.01.060053

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