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Assessment of dispositional forgiveness in adolescence: a contribution to the Italian validation of the Forgiveness Likelihood Scale

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Pages 888-897 | Received 18 Jul 2017, Accepted 04 Sep 2017, Published online: 10 Oct 2017

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