Measuring State-Specific Rumination: Development of the Rumination About an Interpersonal Offense Scale

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-426

  Wade, Nathaniel G ^a   Vogel, David L ^a   Liao, Kelly Yu Hsin ^a   Goldman, Daniel B ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames

Author keywords

clinical outcomes; forgiveness; interpersonal offense; state rumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749112779     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.3.419     Document Type: Article

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