"Why Did You Hurt Me?" Victim's Interpersonal Betrayal Attribution and Trust Implications

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-274

  Chan, MeowLan Evelyn ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

attribution; betrayal; trust; trustworthiness; victim

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249108864     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017138     Document Type: Article

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