Three ways to forgive: A numerically aided phenomenological study

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 547-561

  Wohl, Michael J A ^a   Kuiken, Don ^b   Noels, Kimberly A ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ANGER; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750570655     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X53695     Document Type: Article

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