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22 - Forgiveness Interventions and the Prevention of Poor Health, Hostile Relationships, and Societal Hatred and Violence

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

By
Everett L. Worthington ,
Brandon J. Griffin ,
Caroline R. Lavelock ,
Nathaniel G. Wade  and
Katherine Kulick
Edited by
Moshe Israelashvili  and
John L. Romano
Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science , pp. 520 - 548
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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