Vengefully ever after: Destiny beliefs, state attachment anxiety, and forgiveness

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 871-886

  Finkel, Eli J ^a   Burnette, Jeni L ^b   Scissors, Lauren E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment anxiety; Destiny; Forgiveness; Implicit theories of relationships; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

EID: 34248350467     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.5.871     Document Type: Article

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