Meta-analytic connections between forgiveness and health: the moderating effects of forgiveness-related distinctions.
Objective: We explore meta-analytic associations between health and forgiveness, testing a number of potential theoretical and methodological factors that could alter that association, including the type of forgiveness measure (e.g. state vs. trait), the type of health measure (i.e. physical vs. psy...
| Published in: | Psychology & Health Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 515 - 535 |
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| Format: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2019
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