Effect of culture on forgivingness: A Southern Asia-Western Europe comparison

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-523

  Suwartono, Christiany ^a   Yeti Prawasti, C ^a   Mullet, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Emotional regulation; Forgiveness; France; Indonesia; Resentment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548234004     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.07.027     Document Type: Article

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