Effects of couples positive massage programme on wellbeing, perceived stress and coping, and relation satisfactionFootnote^*

* The research was reported briefly by poster presentation at the British Psychology Society annual conference in May 2017; Naruse, S. & Moss, M. (2017). Couples massage provides cost effective benefits on psychological wellbeing. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, T22, 123.

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