The role of adult attachment style in forgiveness following an interpersonal offense

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-502

  Lawler Row, Kathleen A ^a,c   Younger, Jarred W ^b   Piferi, Rachel L ^a   Jones, Warren H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748683964     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2006.tb00434.x     Document Type: Article

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