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Overcoming Interpersonal Offenses: Is Forgiveness the Only Way to Deal With Unforgiveness?

Nathaniel G. Wade · Everett L. Worthington

230 citations0/0 files storedJournal of Counseling & Development

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Forgiveness and Related Behaviors Social and Intergroup Psychology Emotions and Moral Behavior

Abstract

Almost everyone is unforgiving at times. Many people seek to deal with the revenge and avoidance of unforgiveness by forgiving. The authors explore potential predictors of unforgiveness and forgiveness for a specific offense in 91 undergraduates. Positive feelings of forgiveness were uniquely predicted by dispositional forgivingness and by the participants' deliberate attempt to forgive the offense. Different patterns of predictors suggest that unforgiveness and forgiveness are not necessarily reciprocally related. This implies that interventions might be developed to reduce unforgiveness without attempting to promote forgiveness. This may be crucial in situations where forgiveness is not desirable.

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