Forgiveness and psychological adjustment following interpersonal transgressions: A longitudinal analysis |
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Authors: | Ulrich Orth,Matthias Berking,Nadine Walker,Laurenz L. Meier,Hansjö rg Znoj |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA;2. Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195, USA;3. Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Muesmattstrasse 45, 3012 Bern, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Forgiveness is often assumed to be adaptive for psychological adjustment following interpersonal transgressions. Three hundred and forty seven individuals who had experienced a recent interpersonal transgression were surveyed on four occasions over the course of six weeks. Forgiveness was assessed with scales measuring interpersonal avoidance and revenge motivation and psychological adjustment was assessed with scales measuring depression and rumination. Latent growth curve analyses showed that intraindividual changes in forgiveness were positively correlated with changes in adjustment. Latent difference score analyses indicated that adjustment predicted subsequent change in forgiveness, but that forgiveness did not predict subsequent change in adjustment. The results suggest that adjustment facilitates forgiveness, but not that forgiveness facilitates adjustment. |
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Keywords: | Forgiveness Psychological adjustment Latent growth curve analysis Latent difference score analysis |
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