Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Affect and Beliefs |
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Authors: | Loren Toussaint Philip Friedman |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Luther College, Decorah, IA, 52101, USA;(2) Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA, USA;(3) Foundation for Well-Being, Plymouth Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 19462, USA |
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Abstract: | Forgiveness and gratitude are positive psychological characteristics that are connected to well-being. This study examined
these connections in an understudied population of psychotherapy outpatients and examined the extent to which affect and beliefs
mediated these relationships. Participants were 72 outpatients who completed a battery of assessments as part of a standard
intake protocol. Results showed that forgiveness and gratitude were both positively and strongly associated with well-being
and largely, though not completely, mediated by affect and belief. Forgiveness and gratitude may have an important place in
the positive psychologist’s repertoire of well-being enhancing techniques and exercises in general, and may be particularly
powerful with a clinical psychotherapy population. |
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