Chronic and predispositional guilt: Relations to mental health, prosocial behavior, and religiosity

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 104-126

  Quiles, Zandra N ^b   Bybee, Jane ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUILT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SHAME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030869311     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6901_6     Document Type: Review

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