Forgiveness and health: The role of attachment

Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-183

  Lawler Row, Kathleen A ^a   Hyatt Edwards, Laura ^a   Wuensch, Karl L ^a   Karremans, Johan C ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79956157913     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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