Training Parents in Forgiving and Reconciling |
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| Authors: | Rebecca P. Kiefer Everett L. Worthington Jr. Barbara J. Myers Wendy L. Kliewer Jack W. Berry Don E. Davis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia, USA;2. Department of Psychology , Samford College , Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
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| Abstract: | Teaching parents how to forgive transgressions of parenting partners may reduce negative emotions, increase positive emotions, and, thus, decrease parenting stress. We implemented a waiting-list design to investigate the efficacy of a 9-hour psychoeducational group intervention, Forgiveness and Reconciliation through Experiencing Empathy (FREE), presented to 27 parents and caregivers of children 0–9 years old. Participants receiving FREE exhibited increased forgiveness of a target offense by the parenting partner and increased forgiveness of all parenting offenses. This study offers initial evidence that an intervention to promote forgiveness and reconciliation in parents could be beneficial and might improve parenting relations. |
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