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5 - Effectiveness Trial of the New Beginnings Program for Divorcing Parents

Translation from an Experimental Prototype to an Evidence-Based Community Service

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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Print publication year: 2016

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