Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships
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...Another feature in the clinical literature is the relationship between forgiveness and religiosity, particularly within religious coping (Pargament & Rye, 1998; Pargament, 1997), and forgiveness and empathy, whereby individuals with higher levels of empathy should find it easier to work towards forgiveness (McCullough & Worthington, 1995; McCullough, Worthington & Rachal, 1997 )....
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...If empathizing with members of the “perpetrator” group provides insight into feelings of guilt or shame that they might be feeling, then this may be a first step towards forgiveness and, ultimately, reconciliation (McCullough et al., 1997; Noor, Brown, & Prentice, in press)....
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...McCullough, Worthington, and Rachal (1997) showed that forgiveness was associated with approaching rather than avoiding the offender and that the motivation to pursue relationship-constructive actions was mediated by empathy for the offender....
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...Previous research (e.g., McCullough et al., 1997; Noor et al., in press) relied mainly on Batson empathy measures (1987), which focus primarily on emotional aspects—i.e., empathic concern....
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...The perceived severity of a negative incident is important for determining responsibility attributions, because a severe incident tends to be more vivid and salient, causing greater rumination, whereas less severe incidents are easier to forgive (Crossley, 2009; McCullough et al., 1997)....
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...Social psychologists have also addressed interpersonal forgiving from time to time (Darby & Schlenker, 1982; Gahagan & Tedeschi, 1968; Heider, 1958; Horai, Lindskold, Gahagan, & Tedeschi, 1969; Weiner, Graham, Peter, & Zmuidinas, 1991)....
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