Explaining the link between conscientiousness and forgivingness

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 497-503

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Allemand, Mathias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Conscientiousness; Forgivingness; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865738408     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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