Maintaining harmony across the globe: The cross-cultural association between closeness and interpersonal forgiveness

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 443-451

  Karremans, Johan C ^a   Regalia, Camillo ^b   Paleari, F Giorgia ^c   Fincham, Frank D ^d   Cui, Ming ^d   Takada, Naomi ^e   Ohbuchi, Ken Ichi ^e   Terzino, Kari ^f   Cross, Susan E ^f   Uskul, Ayse K ^g  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Culture and cognition; Evolutionary psychology; Forgiveness; Interpersonal relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051711269     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610396957     Document Type: Article

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