Dispositional and state forgiveness: The role of self-esteem, need for structure, and narcissism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 371-380

  Eaton, Judy ^a   Ward Struthers, C ^b   Santelli, Alexander G ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispositional forgiveness; Narcissism; Need for structure; Self esteem; State forgiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646397612     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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