Lack of Forgiveness of Parents and Intimate Partner Violence

<p>This study examined whether there was an association between lack of forgiveness for adverse events/circumstances perpetrated by parents and intimate partner violence (IPV) in emerging adulthood. Participants were 208 (85.6% female) 18- and 19-year-old undergraduate students. Participants were asked to describe events/circumstances in which they felt hurt by their parents when they were growing up. They then answered questions related to the most hurtful event including items pertaining to forgiveness. Participants also answered questions about the perpetration and victimization of IPV in the past year. The forgiveness-IPV relation was observed primarily for physical injury. Findings indicated that revenge seeking and benevolence were associated with the perpetration and victimization of physical injury, whereas ruminating about the event/circumstance perpetrated by a parent was predictive of physical assault and injury victimization. Our findings provide some support for an association between forgiveness of parents and IPV. Directions for future research and potential clinical implications are discussed</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Doucette, Hannah

Contributors dc:contributor

• Christopher Barry
• Gilbert Parra
• Bradley Green

• intimate partner violence
• forgiveness
• Clinical Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/130

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1128