Responses to interpersonal transgressions in families: Forgivingness, forgivability, and relationship-specific effects

Hoyt, William T., Fincham, Frank D., McCullough, Michael E., Maio, Gregory Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5408-5829 and Davila, Joanne 2005. Responses to interpersonal transgressions in families: Forgivingness, forgivability, and relationship-specific effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 89 (3) , pp. 375-394. 10.1037/0022-3514.89.3.375

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Abstract

Social relations analyses examined the relative importance of forgivingness (disposition to forgive others), forgivability (tendency to obtain forgiveness from others), and relationship effects in determining family members’ transgression-related interpersonal motivations (TRIMs) and their perceptions of others’ TRIMs toward them (PTRIMs). In 2 studies, the individual and dyadic predictors of these components and their relative importance differed by family role (father, mother, or early adolescent child). Dispositional tendencies accounted for the most variance in father and child forgiveness, whereas mothers’ TRIMs and PTRIMs were more strongly determined by relationship and partner effects. Personality correlates of forgivingness and forgivability were moderated by family role. The findings point to the need to embed the study of forgiveness in more complex psychosocial contexts. The theoretical, methodological, and applied implications of this conclusion are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	forgiveness, family roles, social relations model
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	0022-3514
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2022 09:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/3365

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