Forgiveness and Failure of the Heart

<p>The extent and severity of cardiovascular disease can be measured by an angiogram. This procedure measures the degree of occlusion in major arteries of the heart. This physical measurement was correlated with patient's tendency to be forgiving of 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) scales to complete during their waiting room period. No significant correlations were found between the scales used in this study and angiogram outcomes. Suggestions for future research are given and possible reasons for the failure to find correlations are also discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral Project

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Bogle, Mary K. J.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Leslie Martin
• Louis Jenkins
• Kenneth Jutzy
• Johnny Ramirez-Johnson
• Gunter Reiss

• Psychology
• Forgiveness; Heart -- Abnormalities -- Psychological aspects; Heart -- Diseases -- Psychosomatic aspects; Heart Diseases -- prevention & control; Heart Diseases -- psychology.

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/661

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1677