Forgiveness and psychological adjustment following interpersonal transgressions: A longitudinal analysis

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-385

  Orth, Ulrich ^a   Berking, Matthias ^b   Walker, Nadine ^c   Meier, Laurenz L ^c   Znoj, Hansjörg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Latent difference score analysis; Latent growth curve analysis; Psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649089299     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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