“…Forgiveness and the various roles it play have been investigated vis‐à‐vis marital relationships, marital satisfaction, and the family atmosphere (e.g., Fincham et al., ; Gordon et al., ). It has been found, for instance, that forgiveness may lead to decreases in conflicts among married couples (e.g., Fincham, Beach, & Davila, ), and increments in relationship quality and overall marital satisfaction (e.g., Olson, Marshall, Goddard, & Schramm, ). Consistent with these observations, studies focusing on ex‐POWs’ families have found that couple forgiveness may result in higher qualities of marital relationship (e.g., Solomon, Dekel, & Zerach, ), and marital satisfaction (e.g., Dekel, ).…”