Maladaptive correlates of the failure to forgive self and others: Further evidence for a two-component model of forgiveness

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-167

  Ross, Scott R ^a   Hertenstein, Matthew J ^a   Wrobel, Thomas A ^b  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34247535377     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701267985     Document Type: Article

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