Interpersonal Forgiveness in Emotion-Focused Couples' Therapy: Relating Process to Outcome

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-67

  Woldarsky Meneses, Catalina ^a   Greenberg, Leslie S ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EMOTION; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; COUPLES THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84892844675     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2012.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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