Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships
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...Since these motivations are theorized to be facilitated by feelings of empathy for one's partner when they have transgressed (McCullough et al. 1997), it appears that empathy serves a powerful evolution ary purpose: it functions to keep couples together when one member has transgressed....
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...(1998) noted that in addition to empathy, other factors such as relationship closeness and emo tions such as love, compassion and trust (McCullough et al. 1997) play an important role in forgiveness in close relation ships....
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...Building on work by Batson, McCullough et al. (1997) looked at forgiving in close relationships....
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..., 1989; Girard & Mullet, 1997; Weiner, Graham, Peter & Zmuidinas, 1991), perhaps due to the empathy that arises when the offender is perceived by the victim to be experiencing guilt and emotional distress as a result of becoming aware of the hurtful consequences of their actions (Baumeister, Stillwell & Heatherton. 1994; 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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