Development and validation of a measure of willingness to forgive;Entwicklung und Validierung einer Skala der Bereitschaft zu verzeihen (SBV)

Diagnostica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-84

  Allemand, Mathias ^a   Sassin Meng, Angelika ^b   Huber, Stefan ^c   Schmitt, Manfred ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Schulpsychologische Beratungsstelle   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Repentance; willingness to forgive

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349094089     PISSN: 00121924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0012-1924.54.2.71     Document Type: Article

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