The Role of Adult Attachment Style in Forgiveness Following an Interpersonal Offense

Lawler-Row, Kathleen A.; Younger, Jarred; Piferi, Rachel L.; Jones, Warren H.

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2006.tb00434.x

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“…Como resultado de ello, sería esperable que las personas con mayor seguridad en el apego manejaran mejor la amenaza representada por una transgresión y, por lo tanto, estuviesen más inclinadas a perdonar. Al respecto, existe una serie de estudios que han sido consistentes en confirmar la relación entre ambas variables, tanto si el perdón es concebido como un estado (e.g., Davidson, 2000;Lawler-Row et al, 2006) o como un rasgo (e.g., Webb et al, 2006).…”

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“…La teoría del apego (TA), que es un marco conceptual que permite comprender diversos aspectos del funcionamiento en relaciones cercanas, se ha incorporado al estudio del perdón (e.g., Gassin y Lengel, 2011;Kachadourian, Fincham y Davila, 2004;Lawler-Row, Younger, Piferi y Jones, 2006;Webb, Call, Chickering, Colburn y Heisler, 2006).…”

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“…Los estudios sobre el perdón desarrollados en el marco de la TA, han concluido que existe asociación entre ambas variables, indicando que la inseguridad en el apego está asociada a mayor dificultad para perdonar ofensas (e.g., Burnette, Davis, Green, Worthington y Bradfield, 2009;Lawler-Row et al, 2006;Webb et al, 2006).…”

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Apego y Perdón en el Contexto de las Relaciones de Pareja

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ResumenLa teoría del apego permite comprender diversos aspectos del funcionamiento interpersonal, entre ellos, la capacidad para perdonar. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la asociación entre las dimensiones del apego adulto (ansiedad del abandono y evitación de la intimidad) y el perdón de transgresiones ocurridas en el contexto de relaciones de pareja. Asimismo, se buscó comparar el peso predictivo de ambas dimensiones sobre el perdón. Para ello, 647 estudiantes universitarios completaron medidas de auto-reporte del apego romántico y del perdón. Los análisis con ecuaciones estructurales permiten concluir que tanto la ansiedad como la evitación estuvieron asociadas a menor perdón. Además, se constató que las personas con alta evitación evidencian mayor dificultad para perdonar que aquellas con alta ansiedad. Palabras clave: Apego, ansiedad del apego, evitación del apego, perdón, relaciones de pareja. AbstractAttachment theory allows the understanding of several aspects of interpersonal functioning, including the ability to forgive. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between adult attachment dimensions (anxiety over abandonment and avoidance of intimacy) and forgiveness of transgressions occurred in romantic relationships. Additionally, it was sought to compare the predictive weight of each dimension on forgiveness. With this purpose, 647 university students completed self-report measures of romantic attachment and forgiveness. Analysis through structural equation modeling allow to conclude that both higher anxiety and/or higher avoidance were associated to lower forgiveness. Additionally, individuals with high levels of avoidance show more difficulties to forgive than those with high levels of anxiety.

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“…Individual differences in the need to belong, thus, bear some resemblance to insecure attachment (perhaps especially the preoccupied attachment style), which in turn has been shown to be negatively associated with both state and trait forgiveness (Brown & Phillips, 2005;Burnette, Taylor, Worthington, & Forsyth, 2007;Kachadourian, Fincham, & Davila, 2004;Lawler-Row, Younger, Piferi, & Jones, 2006;Webb, Call, Chickering, Colburn, & Heisler, 2006). Furthermore, Leary et al (2008) report that the NTBS correlates with measures of neuroticism, fear of rejection, and manifestations of borderline personality disorder in normal persons, all of which have conceptual links with insecure attachment and one of which (neuroticism) has been shown to be negatively associated with measures of forgiveness (Brown, 2003;McCullough, Bellah, Kilpatrick, & Johnson, 2001).…”

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Forgiveness and the Need to Belong

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Carvallo

Brown

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Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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People who experience a strong need to belong might be particularly inclined to forgive wrongdoings to preserve social bonds. Three studies that utilized different methods and measures of forgiveness consistently demonstrated this is not the case. The authors found that individuals high in the need to belong report practicing forgiveness with less frequency and value it no more than those low in the need to belong (Study 1). In Study 2, they found that satisfying the need to belong led participants to express greater willingness to forgive hypothetical offenses compared to participants in a control group. Finally, in Study 3, the authors linked the need to belong to forgiveness of specific transgressions and found that this negative relationship was mediated by offense-related anger and perceptions of offense severity. These findings suggest that needing to belong paradoxically interferes with forgiveness, even though forgiving could promote the satisfaction of belongingness needs following transgressions. Although we might wish sometimes to exchange our fractured and damaged relationships for better functioning ones, the reality is that dropping one relationship to pick up another of the same depth and quality is not a quick or easy process. The going often gets tough in human relationships. If people responded to all interpersonal conflicts by ending their relationships to start over with new ones, they would be in a perpetual state of seeking belongingness but never experiencing it, and this would run counter to the fundamental need to belong that animates much human behavior (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). What, then, are people to do in the face of relational difficulties? One solution is to offer forgiveness to wrongdoers. Although forgiveness is not tantamount to reconciliation (McCullough, Pargament, & Thoresen, 2000), it is one link in the chain of relationship restoration, and in a world where close, fulfilling social bonds are not always easy or possible to come by, people might find it worthwhile to forgive wrongdoers to meet their need for interpersonal connectedness.The idea that a positive association between the need to belong and forgiveness should exist seems intuitive. Nevertheless, empirical support for such a link is lacking in the psychological literature, and the extant research on related topics suggests that the need to belong might make preserving relationships that have been abused by transgressions especially difficult and unlikely. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to take an initial foray into the study of how the need to belong relates to interpersonal forgiveness by addressing a few basic questions on the topic using different methods and measures. In the following sections we discuss the theory of the need to belong and then explore evidence that points to how this motive might relate to forgiveness to set the stage for our own investigations. Need to Belong: Theory and ResearchThere are many things in life that we can do without: designer jeans, fried foods, celebri...

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“…Attachment security has been found to correlate with increased situational forgiveness and trait forgiveness (e.g., Burnette, Taylor, Worthington, & Forsyth, 2007;Kachadourian, Fincham, & Dvila, 2005, Lawler-Row, Younger, Piferi, & Jones, 2006. Hall, Fujikawa, Harcrow, Hill, and Delaney (2009) found that unforgiving was positively correlated with both avoidant God attachment and anxious God attachment suggesting a link between forgiveness, attachment and relational spirituality.…”

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Gender Differences in Quality of Attachment to God, Forgiveness, Altruism, and Mental Health in College and Seminary School Students

Nosrati¹,

Bonab²,

Rabiee³

et al. 2017

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The aim of the current study was to investigate gender differences in quality of attachment to God, forgiveness, altruism and mental health in college and seminary school students as well. To fulfil the stated goal 993 individuals were selected by means of stratified sampling procedures and the following measures were distributed among them:Muslim-Spiritual Attachment Scale, Kin Altruism, Reciprocal Altruism Enright Forgiveness Inventory, and Symptom Checklist-90 Revised. Analysis of data using t test revealed significant differences between male and female students (P < 0.01). Moreover, data indicated that interpersonal sensitivity was higher in male students while somatization complains was higher among female students. Analysis of data showed that quality of secure attachment in female students were higher than male students (P < 0.01). Moreover, female students were higher in altruism, especially in domain of compassion (P < 0.05). In addition female students were higher in perceiving God as a Safe Haven and providing them with comfort and tranquility. Moreover, females students were higher in altruism (p < 0.05), and forgiveness (p < 0.01). The analysis of data revealed that female students were higher in the secure attachment to God, sympathy toward others and they scored higher in somatization complain while male students were higher in the interpersonal sensitivity. Theoretical implication and practical application of findings have been discussed in the original paper. Findings in this project were consistent with body of research findings.Theoretical implication and practical usage of the current study was described in the original paper. Data revealed that female student were higher in secure attachment to God, altruism and forgiveness. Showing emotional stability and higher spirituality

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The Role of Adult Attachment Style in Forgiveness Following an Interpersonal Offense

Cited by 75 publications

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Apego y Perdón en el Contexto de las Relaciones de Pareja

Apego y Perdón en el Contexto de las Relaciones de Pareja

Forgiveness and the Need to Belong

Gender Differences in Quality of Attachment to God, Forgiveness, Altruism, and Mental Health in College and Seminary School Students

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