The cross-lagged relationship between interpersonal forgiveness and depression symptoms in China |
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Authors: | Shanshan Zhang Jieshuang Liang Siyu Sun Zhen Wu |
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Affiliation: | School of Vocational Education, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin, China |
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Abstract: | This study investigated the relationship between the process of forgiveness and depressive symptoms in China. A total of 116 college students who had experienced an interpersonal transgression “within the past week” were selected to perform the tracking measurements at 2-week intervals. Cross-lagged models showed that the victim's depressive symptoms were related to increasing revenge and avoidance motivations as well as decreased benevolence motivation; however, the revenge, avoidance, and benevolence motivations of the victims did not predict subsequent changes in depressive symptoms. These results confirm that the presence of depressive symptoms is a predictor of the reduced interpersonal forgiveness, and the alleviation of individuals' depressive symptoms plays a protective role in the adaptive process of interpersonal relationships. |
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Keywords: | Forgiveness Depressive symptoms Cross-lagged model Risk factor Interpersonal relationship |
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