Forgiveness and marital quality: Precursor or consequence in well-established relationships?

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 260-268

  Fincham, Frank ^a   Beach, Steven R H ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Gender; Marital quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349003624     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760701552360     Document Type: Article

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