The prospective relationship of interpersonal forgiveness and psychological distress symptoms among college women

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-361

  Orcutt, Holly K ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Longitudinal; Psychological acceptance; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME;

EID: 33746693669     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.53.3.350     Document Type: Article

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