Research on religion/spirituality and forgiveness: A meta-analytic review

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 233-241

  Davis, Don E ^a   Worthington Jr , Everett L ^b   Hook, Joshua N ^c   Hill, Peter C ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d BIOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; forgiveness; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889045818     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033637     Document Type: Article

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