Placing dispositional forgiveness within theories of adult personality development

European Psychologist

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-285

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Allemand, Mathias ^b   Heffernan, Marie E ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Adult development; Forgivingness; Personality development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890266695     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000145     Document Type: Review

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