Everett L. Worthington

TL;DR: Forgiveness has been hypothesized to prevent new conflicts, promote reconciliation, and foster peace in Africa as mentioned in this paper, where the role of collectivism, the principle of Ubuntu, and enemyship are highlighted in understanding forgiveness within an African context.

TL;DR: Forgiveness research has been a hot topic in the last decade or so as mentioned in this paper, with a large number of studies focusing on the psychological aspects of the process of forgiving, including the offender and victim's interaction, assessing the effects of the offender's behavior on the victim's behavior, and understanding the meaning of forgiveness.

TL;DR: Self-forgiveness as discussed by the authors is an adaptive, purposeful approach to coping with competitive sport performance failure in a way that stimulates personal growth and combats loss of motivation, in contrast to defensive responses that shield self-integrity, genuine self forgiveness is reached through a process in which athletes accept personal responsibility for their role in the unsuccessful performance outcome and restore self-regard by affirming the self.

TL;DR: The Persevering Hope Scale (PHS) as discussed by the authors is a psychometrically sound measure of persevering hope, which measures the dispositional motivation to endure when a desired goal seems unattainable, unlikely, or even impossible.