Maintaining Harmony Across the Globe

Karremans, Johan C.; Regalia, Camillo; Paleari, Francesca Giorgia; Fincham, Frank D.; Cui, Ming; Takada, Naomi; Ohbuchi, Ken Ichi; Terzino, Kari A.; Cross, Susan E.; Üskül, Ayşe K.

doi:10.1177/1948550610396957

Cited by 66 publications

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“…There is notable cross-cultural consistency in our study. This confirms other work showing cultural consistency in forgiveness (Karremans et al, 2011), and supports the argument that forgiveness is highly valued by both individualists and collectivists (Hook et al, 2009). The only exception to cross-cultural consistency is that Indians had higher baseline levels of retaliation than Americans.…”

Section: Culture Prayer and Forgivenesssupporting

confidence: 89%

“…There are good reasons for cultural differences in forgiveness along individualistic-collectivistic lines, but nevertheless, there is also empirical evidence of cultural generalizability of forgiveness. For instance, the work of Karremans et al (2011) shows a consistent positive correlation of relational closeness and forgiveness across six cultures. In short, cultural differences and similarities exist, but few studies have actually incorporated multinational comparisons.…”

Section: Forgiveness Prayer and Culturementioning

confidence: 96%

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The effects of brief prayer on the experience of forgiveness: An American and Indian comparison

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The present study offers a cross-cultural examination of the effect of prayer on forgiveness. American (n = 51) and Indian (n = 100) participants either prayed for their romantic partner (prayer condition) or described their romantic partner's physical attributes (control condition). Prayers were self-guided and lasted 3 minutes. Pre-test and post-test measures of retaliation were completed. Results showed that participants in the prayer group showed statistically significant decreases in retaliation motives from pre-test to post-test and the magnitude of this change was not different across cultures. Control groups in both cultures showed no change. Because of the religious diversity present in the Indian sample, the robustness of the effect of prayer on forgiveness was tested across Christian, Hindu and Muslim Indians. Religious affiliation did not moderate the effect of prayer on forgiveness in this sample. Results suggest that a brief prayer is capable of producing real change in forgiveness and this change is consistent across American and Indian cultures and across three different religious groups in India. Brief prayer for others that enhances forgiveness may be useful for individuals in close relationships, in certain counselling settings and for people in many different walks of life.

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Section: Culture Prayer and Forgivenesssupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Forgiveness Prayer and Culturementioning

confidence: 96%

The effects of brief prayer on the experience of forgiveness: An American and Indian comparison

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“…Although the scale is not formally validated in the Italian population, the very easy and intuitive nature of the questionnaire -being a single item pictorial tool- has contributed to its use with Italian subjects, as documented by earlier works of these authors (Saita et al, 2015a), other Italian researchers (ex. De Panfilis et al, 2015), or studies conducted including Italian samples (Karremans et al, 2011). …”

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confidence: 99%

Promoting Patient and Caregiver Engagement to Care in Cancer

2016

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The positive outcomes associated with Patient Engagement (PE) have been strongly supported by the recent literature. However, this concept has been marginally addressed in the context of cancer. Limited attention has also received the role of informal caregivers in promoting physical and psychological well-being of patients, as well as the interdependence of dyads. The Cancer Dyads Group Intervention (CDGI) is a couple-based psychosocial intervention developed to promote engagement in management behaviors, positive health outcomes, and the quality of the relationship between cancer patients and their informal caregivers. The article examines the ability of the CDGI to promote adaptive coping behaviors and the perceived level of closeness by comparing cancer patients participating in the intervention and patients receiving psychosocial care at usual. Results indicate that individuals diagnosed with cancer attending the CDGI present significant increases in Fighting Spirit and Avoidance, while reporting also reduced levels of Fatalism and Anxious Preoccupation. Initial indications suggest that the intervention may contribute to strengthening the relationship with the primary support person.

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“…Although this idea has not yet been directly examined among humans (see Maestripieri, 2012;Perry, 2011, for evidence in non-human primates), there is some supportive evidence. For example, people are more forgiving of transgressions inflicted by their close partners than distant others (Finkel, Rusbult, Kumashiro, & Hannon, 2002;Karremans et al, 2011).…”

Section: Stress Tolerancementioning

confidence: 99%

Commitment signals in friendship and romantic relationships

Yamaguchi

Smith

Ohtsubo

2015

Evolution and Human Behavior

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a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f oDue to the ever-present allure of potentially more appealing or attractive partners, people in mutually committed relationships face a commitment problem (i.e., uncertainty about partner fidelity). This problem exists for both friendship and romantic relationships. In an exploratory pilot study, participants described real-life commitment-confirming incidents in either friendship or romantic relationships. The results revealed that the same types of pro-relationship acts (e.g., throwing a surprise party) were used to communicate commitment to one's partner in both types of relationship. Using signaling theory, we predicted that costly commitment signals would be more effective than non-costly commitment signals (Hypothesis 1). Also, we predicted that failure to engage in such behaviors would communicate non-commitment, and that such failures would have a more detrimental effect on romantic relationships than friendship (Hypothesis 2). Two scenario experiments (study 1 in Japan and study 2 in the U.S.) were conducted to test these hypotheses. The results showed that costly commitment signals were more effective than non-costly commitment signals in both Japan and the U.S. In addition, the absence of situationally appropriate commitment signals (e.g., forgetting a special occasion) was substantially more damaging to romantic relationships than to friendship.

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Maintaining Harmony Across the Globe

Cited by 66 publications

References 40 publications

The effects of brief prayer on the experience of forgiveness: An American and Indian comparison

The effects of brief prayer on the experience of forgiveness: An American and Indian comparison

Promoting Patient and Caregiver Engagement to Care in Cancer

Commitment signals in friendship and romantic relationships

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