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Original Articles

The Effects of Apology and Perspective Taking on Interpersonal Forgiveness: A Dissonance-Attribution Model of Interpersonal Forgiveness

Pages 494-508 | Received 04 Oct 1999, Accepted 03 Mar 2000, Published online: 02 Apr 2010

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