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Effects of forgiveness on transgressors

  • 1.  Effects of forgiveness on transgressors

    Posted 06-08-2009 14:38
    Hello again OB Listers!

    I am in the midst of working on a study related to forgiveness.  Thank you all for your responses to my last email about experimental induced-violation paradigms.  I was hoping I could once again tap your collective knowledge! :)

    There appears to be a vast literature about the forgiver, but considerably less on the effects of forgiveness/being forgiven on the transgressor.

    So far, I have identified a limited number of studies that examine the effects (behavioural, cognitive and/or affective) of interpersonal forgiveness on the transgressor:

    Struthers, Eaton, Shirvani, Georghiou & Edell, 2008 (BASP)
    Wallace, Exline & Baumeister, 2008 (JESP)
    Feeney & Hill, 2006 (JSPR)
    Hoyt, Fincham, McCullough, Maio & Davila, 2005 (JPSP)

    Snook, 2005 (unpublished thesis)

    Kelln & Ellard, 1999 (PSPB)


    If any of you are familiar with other cross-sectional, field, clinical or experimental studies that focus on the effects of interpersonal forgiveness on the transgressor (i.e. the recipient of forgiveness), I would be grateful to hear about them.  I am confident there is a great deal of work that I have missed!

    All the best,

    Lukas


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    Lukas Neville
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