Forgiveness: Who does it and how do they do it?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 194-197

  McCullough, Michael E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Personality; Research; Review; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540664     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00147     Document Type: Article

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