Gratitude and forgiveness: Convergence and divergence on self-report and informant ratings

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 932-937

  Breen, William E ^a   Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Lenser, Monica L ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character strengths; Forgiveness; Gratitude; Virtues; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956874821     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.07.033     Document Type: Article

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