Socioeconomical and sociopolitical correlates of interpersonal forgiveness: A three-level meta-analysis of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory across 13 societies

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 514-526

  Hanke, Katja ^a   Fischer, Ronald ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Context; Culture; Forgiveness; Meta analysis; Multi level

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEMOCRACY; FORGIVENESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881576526     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2011.651086     Document Type: Article

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