Facilitating Forgiveness: Developing Group and Community Interventions

Fincham, Frank D.; Kashdan, Todd B.

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“…Forgiveness is a complex construct, conceptualized at varying levels; e.g., a response to a transgression, a personality trait, or a characteristic of social units such as families and communities (Fincham & Kashdan, 2004). In the current study, forgiveness is a dyadic characteristic; i.e., is simultaneously interpersonal and inter-relational.…”

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Couple forgiveness, self-differentiation and secondary traumatization among wives of former POWs

Dekel

2010

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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This study explored secondary traumatization among wives of former POWs. Forgiveness and self-differentiation were investigated for their role in wives'mental and marital distress. Participants included wives (N ¼ 82) of former Israeli POWs (18 with PTSD [posttraumatic stress disorder] and 64 without PTSD) and a control group of 72 women whose husbands fought in the war but who were neither POWs nor suffered from PTSD. Compared to the other two groups, wives of former POWs with PTSD reported lower couple forgiveness and self-differentiation. High self-differentiation predicted low emotional and marital distress, whereas high couple forgiveness reduced only marital distress. Self-differentiation moderated the relationships between couple forgiveness and both types of distress. Findings highlight the challenges women face when living with partners with PTSD.

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Section: Forgivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Couple forgiveness, self-differentiation and secondary traumatization among wives of former POWs

Dekel

2010

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…This questionnaire includes 18 items rated on a sevenpoint Likert scale ranging from 1 = not appropriate to 7 = very appropriate, including three subscales that examine trait forgiveness of self, others, and situations. Thompson's study (Fincham and Kashdan 2004) showed internal consistency for the subscales, ranging from 0.72 to 0.87. Tendencies to forgive self, others, and situations were measured by the average overall score of the subscales.…”

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“…Tendency to forgive was examined using the Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS; Fincham and Kashdan 2004). This questionnaire includes 18 items rated on a sevenpoint Likert scale ranging from 1 = not appropriate to 7 = very appropriate, including three subscales that examine trait forgiveness of self, others, and situations.…”

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“…The notion of forgiveness encompasses cognitive, emotional, and behavioral acts in response to a transgression (Fincham and Kashdan 2004), transforming negative emotions into neutral or positive ones (Thompson et al 2005). Forgiveness, however, is not equated with forgetting, pardoning, condoning, excusing, denying the offense, or conflict resolution (Worthington et al 2007).…”

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Risk Factors for DSM 5 PTSD Symptoms in Israeli Civilians During the Gaza War

Gil

Weinberg

2015

European Psychiatry

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Background: In light of the current modifications presented in the diagnostic criteria of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the DSM 5, this study aimed at revalidating well-known PTSD risk factors, including gender, peritraumatic dissociation, social support, level of threat, and trait tendency for forgiveness. Method: Five hundred and one Israeli civilians were assessed during real-time exposure to missile and rocket fire at the eruption of the Gaza war. Assessments took place approximately one to 2 weeks after the beginning of this military operation, relying on web administration of the study, which allowed simultaneous data collection from respondents in the three regions in Israel that were under attack. Results: A structural equation model design revealed that higher levels of forgiveness toward situations were associated with fewer PTSD symptoms, whereas peritraumatic dissociation and high levels of objective and subjective threat were positively associated with PTSD symptoms. Additionally, females were at higher risk for PTSD symptoms than males. Conclusions: The findings of this study provide further evidence for the importance of directing preventive attention to those vulnerable to the development of elevated levels of PTSD symptoms. Theoretical and clinical implications of the findings are discussed.

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“…Forgiveness differs from concepts like excusing, justifying (Murphy & Hampton, 1988), condoning (Enright et al, 1992;Scobie & Scobie, 1998), forgetting (Fincham, Hall, & Beach, 2005), denial (Fincham & Kashdan, 2004), and reconciliation (Enright et al, 1992;Fincham et al, 2005). Forgiveness is thought of as an interpersonal or intrapersonal process (Eaton et al, 2006;Thompson et al, 2005), as a decision that results in a response (Enright et al, 1992;Haber, 1991;Scobie & Scobie, 1998), as an ability or a personality trait (Gartner, 1988;Hortwitz, 2005;McCullough et al, 2000;McCullough & Witviliet, 2002), or as a virtue (Roberts, 1995) in the literature.…”

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Beliefs of Counselor Trainees about Forgiveness

Ikiz¹,

Mete-Otlu²,

Asici³

2015

EDUC SCI-THEOR PRACT

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Counselors might be able to help clients to forgive after interpersonal hurts and one of the first tasks of working toward forgiveness with clients is helping them understand exactly what forgiveness means. However, a counselor who wants to use forgiveness in his/her work must first know what forgiveness is, what forgiveness is not, and which factors affect the forgiveness process. The purpose of the present study is to determine the beliefs of counselor trainees about forgiveness. The scope of this study includes how trainees define forgiveness, as well as their beliefs about their own forgivingness, the factors affecting forgiveness, and the importance of forgiveness in counseling. A qualitative study was conducted with 59 undergraduate students attending the Division of Psychological Counseling and Guidance in Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, during the 2012-2013 academic year. The data from individual interviews were analyzed using content analysis techniques. The results indicated that the trainees considered forgiveness to be a conditional process in an interpersonal context and attributed some conditions about the offender and the offense to their forgivingness. In particular, apology and awareness of the offender about his/her fault affected their decisions to forgive. In the counseling process, forgiveness was considered an important issue and mostly regarded as a counselor characteristic.

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Facilitating Forgiveness: Developing Group and Community Interventions

Cited by 20 publications

References 46 publications

Couple forgiveness, self-differentiation and secondary traumatization among wives of former POWs

Couple forgiveness, self-differentiation and secondary traumatization among wives of former POWs

Risk Factors for DSM 5 PTSD Symptoms in Israeli Civilians During the Gaza War

Beliefs of Counselor Trainees about Forgiveness

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