Psychological Abuse and Health: What Role Does Forgiveness Play?
Description:
Existent literature suggests forgiveness could lead to either greater psychological abuse (reinforcement theory), or lower psychological abuse (interpersonal theory). Questionnaires were completed by 291 participants who were dating at least 2 months. More forgiveness-particularly Absence of Negativity-was related to less abuse received from their partner, and this effect was stronger for females than for males. Absence of Negativity (AN) was predictive of health variables (psychosomatic sympto…
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Date:
August 2007
Creator:
Scherbarth, Andrew J.
Partner:
UNT Libraries