Forgiveness: An Exploratory Factor Analysis and Its Relationships to Religious Variables

Few psychological investigators have empirically defined forgiveness, although many theoretical and case study discussions exist. Two emergent views--forgiveness as unidimensional or as multidimensional--were considered by conducting a dimensional factor analysis and then relating the factors to rel...

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Authors: Gorsuch, Richard L. (Author) ; Hao, Judy Y. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 1993
In: Review of religious research
Year: 1993, Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Pages: 333-347
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