When just-world beliefs promote and when they inhibit forgiveness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-168

  Strelan, Peter ^a   Sutton, Robbie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BJW; Closeness; Forgiveness; Justice sensitivity; Severity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249276190     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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