Motivations for promotion and prevention and the role of trust and commitment in interpersonal forgiveness

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-268

  Molden, Daniel C ^a   Finkel, Eli J ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Forgiveness; Interpersonal relationships; Regulatory focus; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749116664     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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