Forgiveness and rumination: A cross-cultural perspective comparing India and the US

Stress and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-89

  Suchday, Sonia ^a   Friedberg, Jennifer P ^a   Almeida, Maureen ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Health; India, stress; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RUMINATION; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 33646352215     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1082     Document Type: Article

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