Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships
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...Indeed, various conceptualizations of forgiveness (e.g., Fincham & Beach, 2001; McCullough et al., 1997, 1998) suggest forgiveness is a tendency to become more motivated to approach the transgressor and less motivated to avoid the transgressor....
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..., Bradbury & Fincham, 1991) and recent research (see McNulty, 2010b) suggest that such effects may vary according to important contextual variables. Indeed, although McNulty (2008a) reported that forgiveness was associated with less satisfaction and more severe problems over time among spouses married to partners who behaved negatively relatively frequently, he also reported that forgiveness was associated with greater satisfaction and fewer problems over time among spouses married to partners who behaved negatively only rarely....
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...McCullough et al. (1997) defined forgiveness as “the set of motivational changes whereby one becomes (a) decreasingly motivated to retaliate against an offending relationship partner, (b) decreasingly motivated to maintain estrangement from the offender, and (c) increasingly motivated by…...
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...But forgiveness is antithetical to these behaviors (e.g., Cloke, 1993; Davenport, 1991; Denton & Martin, 1998; Enright & Human Development Study Group, 1991; Fitzgibbons, 1986; McCullough et al., 1997, 1998; North, 1987; see Lawler et al., 2003; Sells & Hargrave, 1998)....
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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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