Efficacy of psychotherapeutic interventions to promote forgiveness: a meta-analysis.

NG Wade, WT Hoyt, JEM Kidwell… - Journal of consulting …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: This meta-analysis addressed the efficacy of psychotherapeutic interventions to
help people forgive others and to examine moderators of treatment effects. Method: Eligible …

Parsing the components of forgiveness: psychological and neural mechanisms

MM Fourie, R Hortensius, J Decety - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forgiveness―a shift in motivation away from retaliation and avoidance towards increased
goodwill for the perceived wrongdoer―plays a vital role in restoring social relationships …

REACH forgiveness: A narrative analysis of group effectiveness

EL Worthington - International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this narrative review, the effectiveness of the REACH Forgiveness psychoeducational
group intervention is examined. REACH is an acronym to cue memory for steps in emotional …

Empathy and prosocial behavior

MH Davis - The Oxford handbook of prosocial behavior, 2015 - books.google.com
The link between empathy and prosocial behavior has been the subject of empirical
investigation for decades. This author presents a selective review of this work and a …

Forgiveness, spiritual instability, mental health symptoms, and well-being: Mediator effects of differentiation of self.

SJ Sandage, PJ Jankowski - Psychology of religion and spirituality, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
The present study tested the theoretical formulation based on Bowenian theory and Volfian
theology that differentiation of self (DoS) serves as a mediator variable by which …

Meditative prayer, hope, adult attachment, and forgiveness: A proposed model.

PJ Jankowski, SJ Sandage - Psychology of Religion and …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
The present study tested a theoretical model of the relationship between meditative prayer
and interpersonal forgiveness with hope and adult attachment as mediator variables …

Why narcissists are unwilling to apologize: The role of empathy and guilt

JM Leunissen, C Sedikides… - European Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
We hypothesized that narcissists would be unwilling to apologize for their interpersonal
transgressions, and that reduced levels of self–reported empathy and guilt would serially …

Efficacy of a workbook to promote forgiveness: A randomized controlled trial with university students

Q Harper, EL Worthington Jr, BJ Griffin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The present study investigated the efficacy of a 6‐hour self‐directed workbook
adapted from the REACH Forgiveness intervention. Method Undergraduates (N= 41) were …

Dimensions of grace: Factor analysis of three grace scales.

RK Bufford, TA Sisemore… - Psychology of Religion …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Measuring grace is challenging. Prior research found the Grace Scale (GS), Richmont Grace
Scale (RGS), and The Amazing Grace Scale (TAGS) to be reliable, have promising …

Transforming or restraining rumination: The impact of compassionate reappraisal versus emotion suppression on empathy, forgiveness, and affective …

CO Witvliet, AJ Hofelich Mohr, NG Hinman… - The Journal of Positive …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We tested the effects of practicing compassionate reappraisal vs. emotional suppression as
direct coping responses to victims' ruminations about a past interpersonal offense …