The link between posttraumatic growth and forgiveness: An intuitive truth

Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth: Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 311-333

  Fischer, Pamela C ^a  

^a Oklahoma University Health Science Center   (United States)

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