The prosocial, adaptive qualities of just world beliefs: Implications for the relationship between justice and forgiveness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 881-890

  Strelan, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Forgiveness; Gratitude; Self esteem; Self forgiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250891263     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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