“Forgiveness Isn't a Simple Process: It's a Vast Undertaking”: Negotiating and Communicating Forgiveness in Nonvoluntary Family Relationships

Carr, Kristen; Wang, Tiffany R.

doi:10.1080/15267431.2011.629970

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“…The participants identified hindi ibang-tao as part of their family and some friends, in the context that their relationships with these people are irreplaceable; thus, they are considered hindi ibangtao and the quality of relationship is considered as permanent and long-lasting. According to Carr and Wang (2012), the family is described as a non-voluntary relationship. These types of relationships typically do not choose to enter themselves; thus, it entails an automatic membership.…”

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Role of Shared Identity (Kapwa) in Forgiving Others: A Collectivistic Approach in Understanding Forgiveness

Rungduin

Acopio

2020

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In an attempt to indigenize psychology in the Philippines, shared identity has been used to explain concepts related to Filipino social behaviors. Since shared identity is an overarching concept that exudes Filipino behaviors in the social context, it is assumed that shared identity can further describe how and why Filipinos forgive. Thus, this study is attempted to understand forgiveness in the context of shared identity. Study I involved 30 Filipino undergraduate students to categorize people whom they interact with not one of us and one of us as well as to identify offenses that require forgiveness. Results from qualitative analyses were integrated in vignette stories which were used as priming for the experiment. In Study II, 62 Filipino undergraduate students were randomly assigned to several experimental conditions for evaluation of interaction effects of forgiveness-seeking behavior and shared identity. Results revealed that a forgiveness-seeking behavior was not being used in forgiving others; instead, it was the degree of relationship that determines one’s tendency to forgive. People who have developed a more profound relationship with others may be forgiven more easily because of the nature of the relationship one has with the transgressor. Thus, the decision to forgive may be considered multilayered and it had to be examined in both micro and macro levels.

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Role of Shared Identity (Kapwa) in Forgiving Others: A Collectivistic Approach in Understanding Forgiveness

Rungduin

Acopio

2020

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“…The discursive struggles in these narratives often worked in subtle, indirect ways, to question the seemingly monologic scholarly conception of forgiveness as an intrapsychic process separate from reconciliation. As Carr and Wang (2012) note in a recent study employing RDT in family forgiveness experiences, it is difficult to parse out forgiveness and reconciliation processes as mutually exclusive. Some scholars argue that forgiveness and reconciliation occupy distinctly different phenomena (e.g., Freedman, 1998), but as the present findings and recent research suggest, forgiveness and reconciliation might manifest in overlapping ways during communicative interaction.…”

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Competing Discourses of Forgiveness: A Dialogic Perspective

Pederson

2014

Communication Studies

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“…These contexts include spousal relationships (Baxter, Braithwaite, Golish, & Olson, 2002;Moore, Kienzle, & Grady, 2015;Sahlstein, Maguire, & Timmerman, 2009;Toller, 2005;Toller, 2008;Toller & Braithwaite, 2009), parent-child relationships (Harrigan & Miller-Ott, 2013;Scharp & Thomas, 2016), siblings (Halliwell, 2016;Halliwell & Franken, 2016), stepfamilies (Baxter et al, 2009;Braithwaite & Baxter, 2006;Braithwaite & Schrodt, 2013;Braithwaite, Toller, Daas, Durham, & Jones, 2008), and communication with in-laws (Prentice, 2009). Researchers also have applied RDT to issues that face families such as inheritance planning (Pitts, Fowler, Kaplan, Nussbaum, & Becker, 2009), transgender identification (Norwood, 2012), lesbian co-mothering (Suter, Seurer, Webb, Grewe, & Koenig Kellas, 2015), mental illness (Sporer & Toller, 2017), end-of-life decisions (Ohs, Trees, & Gibson, 2015), and forgiveness (Carr & Wang, 2012). Through these two iterations, RDT's focus remains centered on exploring how family members create their shared reality through ongoing interaction, with particular emphasis placed on the "tensions" (contradictions) that represent the different goals and desires of each member (Baxter, 2011;Baxter & Montgomery, 1996).…”

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“To Meet Her, that Changed Everything”: Adult Adoptees’ Discursive Construction of the Meaning of “Parent” following Birth Parent Contact

Anzur

Myers

2019

Journal of Family Communication

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This dissertation examined the competing discourses that emerged as adult adoptees constructed the meaning of the term "parent" following contact with a birth parent. As a type of nontraditional family, adoptees have "dual membership" (Colaner, Halliwell, & Guignon, 2014) in both their adoptive and birth families. When making contact with a birth parent, adoptees may have to renegotiate the meaning of the term "parent" to include the birth parent. Relational Dialectics Theory (Baxter, 2011; Baxter & Montgomery, 1996) was used because it is an interpretive theory that allows researchers to study contradictory feelings-or competing discourses-that emerge in nontraditional families. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 adult adoptees who had made contact with a birth parent. Contrapuntal analysis (Baxter, 2011) uncovered two primary discourses that emerge as participants constructed a definition of "parent" following contact with their birth parent. The first discourse, discourse of parent as a specific person (DPSP), emerged when participants felt that "parent" referred exclusively to their adoptive parents; these participants did not change their definition of "parent" when they made contact with their birth parent. The second discourse, discourse of parent as a label (DPL), emerged when participants defined "parent" as a flexible role that could be filled by multiple people. These participants felt that their definition of "parent" changed only after making contact with their birth parent, and they included their birth parent in their definition of "parent." These discourses demonstrated interplay through negating, countering, and entertaining. The results of this dissertation add to the body of literature on adoptive family communication and RDT, and have implications for adoption practitioners. Three primary limitations should be considered: the use of a sample recruited from an adoption forum, the use of a sample that is not representative of the adoptee population, and three assumptions of birth family contact that were made prior to data collection. Despite these limitations, the results offer potential avenues of research for adoptive family communication researchers. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This is the part of the dissertation where I recognize the many wonderful individuals who helped me in my journey through this program. There will never be enough space, nor the right words, for me to fully acknowledge everything that these people have done for me, but this is a start. To my parents, Lynette and Dan, thank you for your unwavering support and for never failing to be proud of me, even when you weren't sure exactly what it was that I was doing. You instilled in me a work ethic and determination that got me to this point (and also a stubborn streak that has gotten me in trouble occasionally). To my sister, Kayla, my very first and best friend, thank you for being an endless source of entertainment whenever I needed a pick-me-up. Tante Angela, thank you for providing support in every sense of the w...

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“Forgiveness Isn't a Simple Process: It's a Vast Undertaking”: Negotiating and Communicating Forgiveness in Nonvoluntary Family Relationships

Cited by 22 publications

References 24 publications

Role of Shared Identity (Kapwa) in Forgiving Others: A Collectivistic Approach in Understanding Forgiveness

Role of Shared Identity (Kapwa) in Forgiving Others: A Collectivistic Approach in Understanding Forgiveness

Competing Discourses of Forgiveness: A Dialogic Perspective

“To Meet Her, that Changed Everything”: Adult Adoptees’ Discursive Construction of the Meaning of “Parent” following Birth Parent Contact

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