Justice Sensitivity and Forgiveness in Close Interpersonal Relationships: The Mediating Role of Mistrustful, Legitimizing, and Pro-Relationship Cognitions

Journal of Personality

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1373-1413

  Gerlach, Tanja M ^a,b   Allemand, Mathias ^c   Agroskin, Dmitrij ^d   Denissen, Jaap J A ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b International Max Planck Research School LIFE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND; TRUST; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SWITZERLAND; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866748178     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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