Low-cost interventions for promoting forgiveness

Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 415-434

  Root, Lindsey M ^a   McCullough, Michael E ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-36899-X_21     Document Type: Chapter

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