Physical health status in relation to self-forgiveness and other-forgiveness in healthy college students

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 798-803

  Wilson, Tobi ^a   Milosevic, Aleks ^a   Carroll, Michelle ^b   Hart, Kenneth ^a   Hibbard, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotions; Forgiveness; Health; Physical; Self forgiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 49349108366     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308093863     Document Type: Article

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