Religion and the Forgiving Personality

Journal of Personality

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1141-1164

  McCullough, Michael E ^a,c   Worthington Jr , Everett L ^b  

^a Natl Inst for Healthcare Research   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0033250150     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00085     Document Type: Article

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