Rumination, emotion, and forgiveness: Three longitudinal studies

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 490-505

  McCullough, Michael E ^a,b   Bono, Giacomo ^a,b   Root, Lindsey M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Forgiveness; Longitudinal; Personality; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947538580     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.3.490     Document Type: Article

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