Do Agreeableness and Neuroticism Explain Age Differences in the Tendency to Forgive Others?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-453

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

adulthood; age differences; agreeableness; forgivingness; neuroticism; personality traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858678845     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211427923     Document Type: Article

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