Facilitating Forgiveness: Developing Group and Community Interventions

Positive Psychology in Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 617-637

  Fincham, Frank D ^a   Kashdan, Todd B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Community interventions; Forgiveness; Mental health; Physical health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954222096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939338.ch37     Document Type: Chapter

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