Online relationship education programs improve individual and relationship functioning: A meta‐analytic review.
Online access to relationship enhancing educational resources are needed now more than ever, and there is a growing number of available programs for couples to choose. But, what is the evidence that these programs improve individual and relationship well‐being? We conducted a meta‐analysis, using ra...
| Published in: | Journal of Marital & Family Therapy Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 485 - 501 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2021
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