Maintaining harmony across the globe: The cross-cultural role of closeness in interpersonal forgiveness

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

doi:10.1037/e634112013-586

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“…Our findings corroborate existing research on the power of the marital bond in facilitating forgiveness. Results in the present study support the suggested links between closeness and forgiveness (Karremans et al, ), commitment and forgiveness (Finkel et al, ), marital satisfaction and forgiveness (Allemand et al, ), and relational quality and forgiveness (Fincham & Beach, ). In a Chinese context, marital affect (including gratitude and admiration), together with commitment and satisfaction, directly help the noninvolved partner to kindle the emotion and motivation to forgive.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of forgiveness following spousal infidelity: A stress and coping perspective

Chi¹,

Tang

Worthington

et al. 2019

J Clin Psychol

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Objective Forgiveness includes processes that involve a decision to stop bitterness and thoughts of revenge (i.e., decisional forgiveness), which further motivates the forgiver towards the restoration of positive emotions (i.e., emotional forgiveness). Using stress and coping framework, this study investigated intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of decisional and emotional forgiveness in a Chinese marital context. Method Participants were 154 respondents who had experienced or were experiencing spousal infidelity. Results Solidarity‐oriented personality and perceived partner's reconciliation motivation facilitated benign attributions and empathy, then facilitated higher levels of decisional forgiveness, which promoted emotional forgiveness. Strength of marital bond before the infidelity directly predicted higher levels of emotional forgiveness. Conclusions Our findings provide evidence for the differentiated decisional and emotional forgiveness processes after spousal infidelity and delineate different coping mechanism that triggers them, thus lending culturally appropriate evidence for clinicians who work with clients facing spousal infidelity.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of forgiveness following spousal infidelity: A stress and coping perspective

Chi¹,

Tang

Worthington

et al. 2019

J Clin Psychol

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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, ), and supports the argument that forgiveness is highly valued by both individualists and collectivists (Hook et al, ).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…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 () 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: 92%

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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“…In perhaps the largest study of this type, Karremans et al (2011) surveyed participants from three individualist, two collectivist, and one mixed (individualist and collectivist) country to determine the association between relationship closeness (previously found to facilitate forgiveness, see and interpersonal forgiveness, as well as assessing for trait forgiveness. Internationally, comparatively little empirical research has been conducted examining forgiveness between individuals in close personal relationships.…”

Section: Interpersonal Forgivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forgiveness and Health

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Worthington²,

Williams³

2015

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Maintaining harmony across the globe: The cross-cultural role of closeness in interpersonal forgiveness

Cited by 29 publications

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Intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of forgiveness following spousal infidelity: A stress and coping perspective

Intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of forgiveness following spousal infidelity: A stress and coping perspective

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

Forgiveness and Health

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