The role of forgivingness and anger in unfair events

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 700-705

  Chan, MeowLan Evelyn ^a   Arvey, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anger; Avoidance; Forgivingness; Injustice; Reconciliation; Revenge; Unfairness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551604042     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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