Disappointment with God and well-being: The mediating influence of relationship quality and dispositional forgiveness

Counseling and Values

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-213

  Strelan, Peter ^a   Acton, Collin ^b   Patrick, Kent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 65549156956     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2009.tb00126.x     Document Type: Article

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