Unforgiveness, rumination, and depressive symptoms among older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-449

  Ingersoll Dayton, Berit ^a   Torges, Cynthia ^b   Krause, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Forgiveness; Mental health; Regrets; Transgressions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77952039320     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903483136     Document Type: Article

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