Who forgives others, themselves, and situations? The roles of narcissism, guilt, self-esteem, and agreeableness

Strelan, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2006.06.017

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“…For example, it is well-established that the people most likely to forgive are those who score high on Agreeableness and empathy, whereas those least likely to forgive score high on Neuroticism and narcissism (see, for example, Berry, Worthington, O'Connor, Parrott, & Wade, 2005;McCullough & Hoyt, 2002;Strelan, 2007a). However, in this article, we take a different approach.…”

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Retributive and Inclusive Justice Goals and Forgiveness: The Influence of Motivational Values

2011

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Who is more likely to forgive, given that justice is important and motivating for people? In this article, we argue that the relation between justice and forgiveness depends on the type of justice involved; specifically, the goals of justice, i.e. retributive versus inclusive. We also explored the influence of motivational values on justice goals and forgiveness. Using data from 178 undergraduate psychology students who responded to measures of retributive and inclusive justice attitudes, forgiveness attitudes and dispositions, and values, we found support for our hypotheses that retributive justice goals are negatively related to forgiving attitudes and dispositions; inclusive justice goals are positively related to forgiveness; and benevolence and power values play the dominant role in predicting forgiveness. The results have implications for how the relation between justice and forgiveness is conceptualised and applied.

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Retributive and Inclusive Justice Goals and Forgiveness: The Influence of Motivational Values

2011

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“…As Enright et al (1996) pointed out, real self-forgiveness originates from guilt feelings deriving from the acknowledgment of the hurt committed. Nonetheless, as long as the offender moves toward self-forgiveness, by overcoming negative sentiment and being benevolent toward the self, guilt decreases while acknowledged responsibility remains (Strelan, 2007). This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.…”

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Self-forgiveness in romantic relationships: It matters to both of us.

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Paleari²,

Regalia³

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Journal of Family Psychology

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This study investigates self-forgiveness for real hurts committed against the partner in a romantic relationship (N = 168 couples). Using a dyadic perspective, we evaluated whether offender self-forgiveness, conceived as a bidimensional construct distinct from self-excusing, was uniquely related to both own and partner relationship satisfaction. For both males and females, offending partners were more satisfied with their romantic relationship to the extent that they had more positive and less negative sentiment and thoughts toward themselves, whereas victimized partners were more satisfied with the relationship when the offending partner had less negative sentiment and thoughts (but not more positive ones) toward himself/herself. The implications of these findings for understanding self-forgiveness and its pro-relationship effects in romantic couples are discussed.

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“…If they do internalize failure experiences, the effects apparently are not long-lasting. NPI scores are negatively correlated with measures of shame (Campbell, Foster, & Brunell, 2004;Gramzow & Tangney, 1992) and positively correlated with self-forgiveness (Strelan, 2007) and subjective well-being (Rose, 2002;Rose & Campbell, 2004). Wallace, Ready, and Weitenhagen (2009) found that NPI narcissists were quick to admit failure on a creativity test and did not feel bad about doing so if accepting failure opened up alternative avenues for self-enhancing outcomes.…”

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Narcissistic Self‐Enhancement

Wallace

2011

The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Who forgives others, themselves, and situations? The roles of narcissism, guilt, self-esteem, and agreeableness

Cited by 141 publications

References 20 publications

Retributive and Inclusive Justice Goals and Forgiveness: The Influence of Motivational Values

Retributive and Inclusive Justice Goals and Forgiveness: The Influence of Motivational Values

Self-forgiveness in romantic relationships: It matters to both of us.

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