Victim and perpetrator accounts of interpersonal transgressions: Self-serving or relationship-serving biases?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-333

  Kearns, Jill N ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Interpersonal transgressions; Relationship quality; Self serving biases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CRIME VICTIMS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 18844426788     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204271594     Document Type: Article

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