Effects of a forgiveness intervention for older adults

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-286

  Allemand, Mathias ^a   Steiner, Marianne ^b   Hill, Patrick L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

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

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Forgiveness; Forgiveness intervention; Old age

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882597210     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031839     Document Type: Article

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