Forgiveness, Attachment, and Divorce

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 282-294

  Yaben, Sagrario Yárnoz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attachment; Divorce; Forgiveness; Initiative

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549095837     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10502550902775952     Document Type: Article

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