The cognitive nature of forgiveness: Using cognitive strategies of primary appraisal and coping to describe the process of forgiving

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 555-566

  Maltby, John ^a   Macaskill, Ann ^b   Gillett, Raphael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Coping; Emotion; Forgiveness; Low control; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34347344068     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20367     Document Type: Article

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