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Showing 1 to 20 of 232 for “"Forgiveness"”.
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Forgiveness in Two Minds: Understanding Forgiveness Through Dual-Process Theory
… of dual-process theory to understanding forgiveness. Specifically, I argued that the internal conflict experienced by laypersons when forgiving (or finding themselves unable to forgive) and the discrepancies between existing definitions of forgiveness can currently be best understood …
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Forgiveness, Individualism, and Collectivism
Although the scientific study of forgiveness has flourished in recent years, the study of the effects of culture on forgiveness has been minimal. The present thesis reviews the literature examining the effects of individualism and collectivism on forgiveness. In Study 1, four scales are created …
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Models of Forgiveness and Adult Romantic Attachment in Ended Relationships: Forgiveness Over Time
… of self and other as they relate to attachment, forgiveness, emotional and cognitive reactions to a breakup, relationship variables, and positive and negative feelings toward the self and former partner after a romantic relationship is ended. This study also tested how these variables change over …
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Cardiovascular Reactivity to Forgiveness in Females
Empirical evidence exists directly relating forgiveness to physiological markers of cardiovascular health based on the manner in which individuals respond to interpersonal offenses. Extant literature has identified the harmful effects of stress in cardiovascular disease and health in general and …
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Restorative Justice, Apology, Restitution, and Forgiveness
… and provides opportunities that can foster forgiveness compared to a retributive approach. London (2011) has linked the importance of forgiveness to the emotional and psychological well-being of victims. Using London’s (2006; 2011), this research aims to provide insight into what factors …
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Forgiveness and Failure of the Heart
… themselves and others. This measurement reflects forgiveness as a trait-like characteristic. Patients at Loma Linda University Medical Center who were undergoing angiography were given the BDHI (Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory), the FOS and FOO (Forgiveness of Self and Forgiveness of Others) …
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Forgiveness, Freedom and the Inmate Issue
<p>Forgiveness Freedom and the Inmate Issue:</p> <p>It is no secret that the United States has a mass incarceration problem. The war on drugs, traffic violations, and the Three Strikes Law, are just pieces of the systems being used to repeatedly place people behind bars. What we are facing now as a …
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Self-forgiveness: A narrative phenomenological study
… and research findings pertaining to self-forgiveness, especially as it related to psychology. An important, though rather apparent finding or conclusion derived from this literature review was that there is an astounding paucity of both theoretical and research work about self-forgiveness …
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Forgiveness-Granting Communication as a Facework Phenomenon
<p>This study sought to conceptualize forgiveness-granting communication as a facework phenomenon through utilizing the concepts of face concerns, degree of face loss, and facework strategies. Participants from public speaking courses (N = 248) completed a self-report survey questionnaire asking …
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Gender and Forgiveness in Early Married Couples
… the possibility of gender differences in forgiveness literature are reviewed. Gender differences were examined with respect to predictor variables and outcome variables. Participants were 314 couples from the community who had been married less than one year. Participants filled out …
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A philosophical exploration of anger and forgiveness
Discussions of anger and forgiveness have been widely contested in public and political discourse and within philosophical literature both historical and contemporary. Within this thesis I argue that particular conceptions of anger are morally valuable responses to wrongdoing. The primary value of …
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Development of an implicit measure of dispositional forgiveness.
A number of self-report measures exist to assess forgiveness or attitudes towards forgiveness. However, little research exists to measure forgiveness at a dispositional and implicit level. The purpose of the current study was to develop and validate an implicit measure of forgivingness (or …
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Forgiveness, Health, And Psychological Adjustment In Older Adults
… was to examine the relationships between forgiveness and physical and emotional outcomes in older adults. Data for the analyses was from the Religion, Aging, and Health Survey, a nation wide probability survey of older adults. Data were collected at two time points separated by three …
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Promoting bullying prevention and intervention through forgiveness education
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A post-Christian perception of sin and forgiveness
… is that ideas and values relating to sin and forgiveness, deemed appropriate for theocratic and hierarchical societies, have lost authority in the increasingly democratic and egalitarian context of a post-traditional and post-Christian Britain. It seeks to show this by describing the shift in …
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Willingness to Accept Forgiveness in Various Religious Targets.
… with the knowledge that the target received forgiveness from significant others. Results indicated that participants did not discriminate based on knowledge of the target's religious affiliation but did reject the target following an act of infidelity. New to this research, however, was …
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A Change of Heart: Internal Narratives, Forgiveness & Health
… thesis I investigate the interconnectedness of forgiveness as a narrative, as a philosophical, religious and cultural phenomenon, and the ways in which forgiveness is increasingly being used as a vehicle for improving health and psychological well-being. By threading together how scholars in a …
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