The reduction of psychological aggression across varied interpersonal contexts through repentance and forgiveness

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-206

  Eaton, Judy ^a,b   Struthers, C Ward ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attributions; Forgiveness; Relationships; Repentance; Vengeance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646707521     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20119     Document Type: Article

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