A Value-Congruent Bias in the Forgiveness Forecasts of Religious People

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-29

  Barnes, Collin D ^a   Brown, Ryan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral forecasting; bias; forgiveness; religiosity; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649177625     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017585     Document Type: Article

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