A China–New Zealand comparison of forgiveness |
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| Authors: | Joshua N Hook Everett L Worthington Jr Don E Davis David Watkins Eadaoin Hui Wenshu Luo Hong Fu Boaz Shulruf Paul Morris Samuel H Reyna |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, , Denton, Texas, USA;2. Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, , Richmond, Virginia, USA;3. Department of Counseling and Psychological Services, Georgia State University, , Atlanta, Georgia, USA;4. Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, , Hong Kong;5. Department of Policy and Leadership Studies, National Institute of Education, , Singapore;6. College of Education, Nanjing Normal University, , Nanjing, China;7. Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, , Auckland, New Zealand;8. School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, , Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | The present study examined the practice of forgiveness among participants from China (N = 172) and New Zealand (N = 91). We tested a theoretical model describing the relationships between collectivism, individualism, and forgiveness. Participants from China were more collectivistic and less individualistic than were participants from New Zealand. Overall, participants from New Zealand were more forgiving than were participants from China. Collectivism was positively related to decisional forgiveness in Chinese participants. Decisional forgiveness independently predicted conciliatory behaviour among participants from China, but this was not the case for participants from New Zealand. Thus, the hypothesized model received qualified support. |
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| Keywords: | collectivism forgiveness individualism |
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