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Article: Dispositional forgiveness and adult attachment styles.(Replications and Refinements)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Social Psychology
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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A PERSON'S CAPACITY FOR FORGIVENESS may be associated with both mental and physical health (Berry & Worthington, 2001; Enright & Fitzgibbons, 2000; Maltby, Macaskill, & Day, 2001; Witvliet, Ludwig, & Vander Laan, 2001). Yet researchers' understanding of the dynamics of forgiveness remains largely unclear (Brown, 2003; Worthington, 1998). McCullough, Pargament, and Thoresen (2000) highlighted a fundamentally psychosocial element in forgiveness, defining it as "intraindividual, prosocial change toward a perceived transgressor that is situated within a specific interpersonal context" (p. 9). Other researchers have noted the possibility of developmental influences in the ...