Relating trait self-control and forgiveness within prosocials and proselfs: Compensatory versus synergistic models

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1090-1105

  Balliet, Daniel ^a,b   Li, Norman P ^a   Joireman, Jeff ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Social dilemmas; Social value orientation; Trait self control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROL; EMPATHY; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPATHY; FORGIVENESS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82855182210     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024967     Document Type: Article

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