 Reasons for Forgiving: Individual Differences and Emotional OutcomesKathryn Belicki, Nancy DeCourville, Shanmukh Vasant Kamble, Tammy Stewart and Alicia Rubel SAGE Open, 2020, vol. 10, issue 1, 2158244020902084 Abstract: This research is part of a program to identify common forms of forgiveness and study the outcomes associated with different ways of forgiving. Two samples, one in Canada ( N = 274) and one in India ( N = 159), completed a third version of the Reasons for Forgiving Questionnaire (R4FQ), several measures of individual differences, as well as measures of affect and mood while imagining their injurer. Nine R4FQ subscales were derived: For the Relationship, To Feel Better, Based on Principle, Because Injurer Reformed, To Demonstrate Moral Superiority, Because Understood Injurer, For God, Because of Social Pressure, and For Pragmatic Reasons. These subscales were differentially related to religiosity, attachment security, trait anger, collectivism, and individualism. Positive emotional outcomes were associated with forgiving for the relationship, based on principle, because injurer reformed, and because understood injurer. In contrast, negative outcomes were associated with forgiving To Demonstrate Moral Superiority, Because of Social Pressure, and For Pragmatic Reasons. Keywords: forgiveness; well-being; pastoral care; emotion; experimental psychology; psychology; social sciences; attachment; counseling psychology; applied psychology; psychotherapy; clinical psychology (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:sagope:v:10:y:2020:i:1:p:2158244020902084 Access Statistics for this article More articles in SAGE Open |
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