A Research Study Examining Forgiveness, Empathy, Commitment, Trust, and Relational Satisfaction Among Adult Friends After Relational Transgressions

<p>This research project examined how forgiveness was managed by adult friends after relational transgressions. It studied how the emotion of empathy promoted the act of forgiving and why the construct of commitment related to trust and relational satisfaction among friendship dyads. Isolating the specific emotion empathy in regards to forgiveness heightened the understanding of what emotional behaviors were used to maintain friendships once a relational transgression was experienced. Measuring and analyzing the interaction between commitment, trust, and relational satisfaction helped to determine how these constructs promoted forgiveness among adult friends.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Poole, L. Lori

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mary Claire Morr Serewicz, Ph.D.
• Fran Dickson
• Roy Wood
• Kathy Green

• Commitment
• Empathy
• Forgiveness
• Friends
• Relational satisfaction
• Trust
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Communication
• Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Interpersonal and Small Group Communication
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

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• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/520

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-1519