The promotion of self-forgiveness,responsibility, and willingness to make reparations through a workbook intervention |
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| Authors: | Christopher M Bell Don E Davis Brandon J Griffin Jeffrey S Ashby Kenneth G Rice |
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| Institution: | 1. Ringgold Standard Institution, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA;2. Counseling Psychology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study evaluated the effectiveness of a workbook intervention designed to promote self-forgiveness, acceptance of responsibility, and willingness to make amends/reparations in a university student sample. The intervention manual consisted of three parts: (a) promoting prosocial and responsible attitudes, (b) reducing barriers to self-forgiveness, and (c) promoting healthy thinking and behaviors. Outcome measures included acceptance of responsibility, motivation to make reparations, and state and trait self-forgiveness. Measures were administered pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention. Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group (N = 50) or a control group (N = 43). The control group studied materials for their university courses instead of completing the intervention. Following the intervention, the intervention group had significantly a higher state and dispositional self-forgiveness post-test compared to the control group. Changes in acceptance of responsibility and willingness to make reparations did not reach statistical significance as compared to the control group. |
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| Keywords: | Self-forgiveness workbook self-help forgiveness of self intervention |
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