Identity development and forgivingness: Tests of basic relations and mediational pathways

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-501

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Allemand, Mathias ^b   Burrow, Anthony L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Forgivingness; Identity commitment; Identity exploration; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954214295     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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