Age differences in forgivingness: The role of transgression frequency and intensity

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 670-678

  Steiner, Marianne ^a   Allemand, Mathias ^a   McCullough, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Forgivingness; Interpersonal problems; Transgression frequency; Transgression intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455158367     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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