The role of making a decision to forgive in the process of forgiveness: A longitudinal study

Four key areas of interpersonal forgiveness research that have developed over the last three decades: A reflection and tribute to Everett l. Worthington Jr.

“…In a more recent 12-day longitudinal study, Gámiz et al (2022) examined posttransgression changes in forgiveness motives and decisional forgiveness. Coinciding with McCullough et al’s (2010) findings, individual differences were observed in the intercepts of decisional forgiveness and all three forgiveness motives (i.e., avoidance, revenge, benevolence).…”