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On the form and function of forgiving: modeling the time-forgiveness relationship and testing the valuable relationships hypothesis.
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A logarithmic model outperformed linear, exponential, power, hyperbolic, and exponential-power models and revealed that forgiveness was uniquely associated with participants' perceptions that their relationships with their offenders retained value.
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Transgressors’ guilt and shame
The current study examines forgiveness from the perspective of the transgressor, an often overlooked aspect of interpersonal forgiveness and a model of forgiveness seeking is proposed. Using a 2-wave…
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Conciliatory gestures facilitate forgiveness and feelings of friendship by making transgressors appear more agreeable.
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Results suggest that conciliatory gestures promote forgiveness in part by depicting transgressors as more sympathetic, considerate, fair, and just (i.e., agreeable) than victims' perceptions of their transgressors' Agreeableness.
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Virtue, Positive Psychology, and Religion: Consideration of an Overarching Virtue and an Underpinning Mechanism
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God imagery and affective outcomes in a spiritually integrative inpatient program
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Forgiveness and Well-Being
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Apology and Restitution: Offender Accountability Responses Influence Victim Empathy and Forgiveness
Two experiments ( N = 487) tested the effects of receiving an apology (absent, present) and restitution (absent, present) in imagery of a one-sided transgression and common property crime, a burglary…
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Insufficient Justification for Exclusion Prompts Compensatory Behavior
This experiment examined participants' compensatory behavior toward an excluded stranger. Participants engaged in a four-person social introductions task and rank-ordered each other member of the…
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Measuring Forgiveness in Health-Related Contexts
In this chapter, we review forgiveness measures for use within healthcare settings. Because forgiveness is multidimensional, and individuals can perceive various offenders, we differentiate between…
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Perceptions of Divine Forgiveness, Religious Comfort, and Depression in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Mixed Methods Study
Understanding how forgiveness relates to mental health outcomes may improve clinical care. This study assessed 248 adult psychiatric inpatients, testing associations of forgiveness, religious comfort…
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