Forgiveness Research

Bono, G., McCullough, M. E., & Root, L. M. (2008). Forgiveness, feeling connected to others and well-being: Two longitudinal studies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 182-195. (PDF)

Brown, R. P., Wohl, M. J. A., & Exline, J. J. (in press). Taking up offenses: Second-hand forgiveness and identification with targets of transgressions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Cehajic, S., Brown, R., & Castano, E. (2008). Forgive and forget? Antecedents and consequences of intergroup forgiveness in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Political Psychology, 29, 351-367.

Cosgrove, L., & Konstam, V. (2008). Forgiveness and forgetting: Clinical implications for mental health counselors. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 30, 1-13.

Davis, D. E., Hook, J. N., & Worthington, E. L., Jr. (2008, in press). Relational spirituality and forgiveness: The roles of attachment to God, religious coping, and viewing the transgression as a desecration. Journal of Psychology and Christianity.

Day, A., Gerace, A., Wilson, C., & Howells , K. (2008). Promoting forgiveness in violent offenders: A more positive approach to offender rehabilitation? Aggression and Violent Behavior, 13, 195-200.

Eaton, J., & Theuer, A. (in press). Apology and remorse in the last statements of death row prisoners. Justice Quarterly.

Exline, J. J., Baumeister, R. F., Zell, A. L., Kraft, A. J., & Witvliet, C. V. O. (2008). Not so innocent: Does seeing one's own capability for wrongdoing predict forgiveness?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 495-515.

Finkel, E. J. (in press). Forgiveness in romantic relationships. The Psychologist. (PDF)

Green, J. D., Burnette J. L., & Davis, J. L. (2008). Third-party forgiveness: (Not) forgiving your close other’s betrayal. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 407-418. (PDF)

Greenberg, L. J., Warwar, S. H., & Malcolm, W. M. (2008). Differential effects of emotion-focused therapy and psychoeducation in facilitating forgiveness and letting go of emotional injuries. Journal of Counseling

Psychology, 55, 185-196.

Gobodo-Madikizela, P. (2008). Trauma, forgiveness and the witnessing dance: Making public spaces intimate. The Journal of Analytical Psychology, 53, 169-188.

Hall, J. H., & Fincham, F., D. (2008). The temporal course of self-forgiveness. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 27, 174-202.

Koutsos, P., Wertheim, E., & Kornblum, J. (2008, January). Paths to interpersonal forgiveness: The roles of personality, disposition to forgive and contextual factors in predicting forgiveness. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 337-348.

Lawler-Row, K. A., Karremans, J. C., Scott, C., Edlis-Matityahou, M., & Edwards, L. (2008). Forgiveness, physiological reactivity and health: The role of anger. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 68, 51-58.

Lucken, K., & Ponte, L. M. (2008). A just measure of forgiveness: Reforming occupational licensing regulations for ex-offenders using BFOQ analysis. Law & Policy, 30, 46-72.

Maio, G. R., Thomas, G., Fincham, F. D., & Carnelley, K. B. (2008). Unraveling the role of forgiveness in family relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 307-319. (PDF)

McNulty, J. K. (2008). Forgiveness in marriage: Putting the benefits into context. Journal of Family

Psychology, 22, 171-175.

Miller, A. J., Worthington, E.L., Jr., & McDaniel, M. (2008). Forgiveness and gender: A meta-analysis, review, and research agenda. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, in press.

Oman, D., Shapiro, S. L., Thoresen, C. E., Plante, T. G., & Flinders, T. (2008). Meditation lowers stress and supports forgiveness among college students: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of American College Health, 56, 569-578.

Orathinkal, J., Vansteenwegen, A., & Burggraeve, R. (2008). Forgiveness: A perception and motivation study among married adults. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 49, 155-160.

Orathinkal, J., Vansteenwegen, A., Burggraeve, R. (2008) Are demographics important for forgiveness? The Family Journal, 16, 20-27.

Orth, U., Berking, M., Walker, N., Meier, L. L., & Znoj, H. (2008). Forgiveness and psychological adjustment following interpersonal transgressions: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 365-385. (PDF)

Paz, R., Neto, F., & Mullet, E. (2008). Forgiveness: A China-Western Europe comparison. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 142, 147-157.

Philpot, C. R., & Hornsey, M. J. (2008). What happens when groups say sorry: The effect of intergroup apologies on their recipients. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 474-487.

Pratt, M. W., Norris, J. E., Cressman, K., Lawford, H., & Hebblethwaite, S. (2008). Parents' stories of grandparenting concerns in the three-generational family: Generativity, optimism, and forgiveness. Journal of Personality, 76, 581-604.

Stouten, J, & Tripp, T.M. (in press). Forgiving defection in social dilemmas: Should leaders ask for forgiveness? Leadership Quarterly.

Stratton, S. P., Dean, J. B., Nooneman, A. J., Bode, R. A., & Worthington, E. L., Jr. (2008, in press). Forgiveness interventions as spiritual development strategies: Workshop training, expressive writing about forgiveness, and retested controls. Journal of Psychology and Christianity.

Struthers, C. W., Eaton, J., Shirvani, N., Georghiou, M., & Edell, E. (in press). Facilitating repentance in coworkers who commit transgressions: The transgressor’s reason and forgiveness matter. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.

Struthers, C. W., Eaton, J., Santelli, A., G., Uchiyama, M., & Shirvani, N. (in press). The effects of attributions of intent and apology on forgiveness: When saying sorry may not help the story. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Thomas, E. K., White, K., & Sutton, G., W. (2008). Clergy apologies following abuse: What makes a difference? Exploring forgiveness, apology, responsibility-taking, gender, and restoration. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 27, 16-29.

Toussaint, L., & Williams, D. (2008). National survey results for Protestant, Catholic, and non-religious experiences of seeking forgiveness and of forgiveness of self, of others, and by God. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 27, 120-130.

Toussaint, L., Williams, D., Musick, M., & Everson-Rose, S. (2008). Why forgiveness may protect against depression: Hopelessness as an explanatory mechanism. Personality and Mental Health, 2, 89-103.

Toussaint, L., Williams, D., Musick, M., & Everson-Rose, S. (in press). The association of forgiveness and 12-month prevalence of major depressive episode: Gender differences in a probability sample of U.S. adults. Mental Health, Religion, and Culture.

Wade, N. G., Johnson, C. V., & Meyer, J. E. (2008). Understanding concerns about interventions to promote forgiveness: A review of the literature. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 45, 88-102.

Wade, N. G., Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Haake, S. (in press). Promoting forgiveness: Comparison of explicit forgiveness interventions with an alternative treatment. Journal of Counseling and Development.

Wallace, H. M., Exline, J. J., & Baumeister, R. F. (2008). Interpersonal consequences of forgiveness: Does forgiveness deter or encourage repeat offenses?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,

44, 453-460.

Witvliet, C.v.O., Hinze, S., & Worthington, E. L., Jr. (2008, in press). Unresolved justice: Christian commitment, forgiveness, emotion, and cardiovascular responding. Journal of Psychology and Christianity.

Witvliet, C., Worthington, E., Root, L., Sato, A., Ludwig, T., & Exline, J. (2008). Retributive justice, restorative justice, and forgiveness: An experimental psychophysiology analysis. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 10-25.

Wohl, M. J. A., & Branscombe, N. R. (in press). Group threat, collective angst and ingroup forgiveness for the war in Iraq. Political Psychology.

Wohl, M. J. A., DeShea, L., & Wahkinney, R. L. (2008). Looking within: Measuring state self-forgiveness and its relationship to psychological well-being. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 40, 1-10.

Worthington, E. L., Jr., Scherer, M., Hook, J. N., Davis, D. E., Gartner, A. L., Campara, K., & Sharp, C. B. (in press). Adapting a secular forgiveness intervention to include religion and spirituality. Counseling and

Spirituality.

Worthington, E. L., Jr., Witvliet, C. V. O., Pietrini, P., & Miller, A. J. (in press). Forgiveness and health. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-007-9105-8

2007 Publications

Allemand, M., Amberg, I., Zimprich, D., & Fincham, F. (2007). The role of trait forgiveness and relationship satisfaction in episodic forgiveness. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 26, 199-217.

Anderson, J. (2007). Forgiveness--A relational process: Research and reflections. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counseling, 9, 63-76.

Brown, R. D., Barnes, C. D., & Campbell, N. J. (2007). Fundamentalism and forgiveness. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1437-1447.

Burnette, J. L., Taylor, K., Worthington, E., & Forsyth, D. R. (2007). Attachment working models and trait forgivingness: The mediating role of angry rumination. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 1585-1596. (PDF)

Cardi, M., Milich, R., Harris, M., & Kearns, E. (2007). Self-esteem moderates the response to forgiveness instructions among women with a history of victimization. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 804-819.

Exline, J. J., DeShea, L., & Holeman, V. T. (2007). Is apology worth the risk? Predictors, outcomes, and ways to avoid regret. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 479-504.

Fincham, F., & Beach, S. R. H. (2007). Forgiveness and marital quality: Precursor or consequence in well-established relationships?. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2, 260-268.

Fincham, F., Beach, S., & Davila, J. (2007). Longitudinal relations between forgiveness and conflict resolution in marriage. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 542-545.

Finkel, E. J., Burnette, J. L., & Scissors, L. E. (2007). Vengefully ever after: Destiny beliefs, state attachment anxiety, and forgiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psycholog, 92, 871-886. (PDF)

Friedberg, J., Suchday, S., & Shelov, D. (2007). The impact of forgiveness on cardiovascular reactivity and recovery. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 65, 87-94.

Friesen, M., & Fletcher, G. (2007) Exploring the lay representation of forgiveness: Convergent and discriminant validity. Personal Relationships, 14, 209-223.

Karremans, J. C., & Aarts, H. (2007). The role of automaticity in determining the inclination to forgive close others. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 902-917.

Lawler-Row, K., Scott, C. A., Edlis-Matityahou, & Moore, E. W. (2007). The varieties of forgiveness experience: Working toward a comprehensive definition of forgiveness. Journal of Religion and Health, 46, 233-248.

Legaree, T., Turner, J., & Lollis, S. (2007). Forgiveness and therapy: A critical review of conceptualizations, practices, and values found in the literature. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 33, 192-213.

Little, L., Simmons, B., & Nelson, D. (2007). Health among leaders: Positive and negative affect, engagement and burnout, forgiveness and revenge. Journal of Management Studies, 44, 243-260.

Neto, F. (2007). Forgiveness, personality and gratitude. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 2313-2323.

Maltby, J., Macaskill, A., & Gillett, R. (2007). The cognitive nature of forgiveness: Using cognitive strategies of primary appraisal and coping to describe the process of forgiving. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63, 555-566.

McCullough, M., Bono, G., & Root, L. (2007). Rumination, Emotion, and Forgiveness: Three Longitudinal Studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 490-505.

Mullet, E., Riviare, S., & Sastre, M. (2007). Cognitive processes involved in blame and blame-like judgments and in forgiveness and forgiveness-like judgments. American Journal of Psychology, 120, 25-46.

Person, E. (2007). Forgiveness and its limits: A psychological and psychoanalytic perspective. Psychoanalytic Review, 94, 389-408.

Recine, A., Werner, J., & Recine, L. (2007). Concept analysis of forgiveness with a multi-cultural emphasis. JAN Journal of Advanced Nursing, 59, 308-316.

Risen, J., & Gilovich, T. (2007). Target and Observer Differences in the Acceptance of Questionable Apologies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 418-433.

Robb, H. (2007). Treating anger with forgiveness may sometimes require reconciliation. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 25, 65-75.

Roberts, R. G. (2007). The art of apology: When and how to seek forgiveness. Family Practice Management, 14, 44-50.

Strelan, P. (2007). The prosocial, adaptive qualities of just world beliefs: Implications for the relationship between justice and forgiveness. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 881-890.

Stubbs, J. (2007). Beyond apology? Domestic violence and critical questions for restorative justice. Criminology & Criminal Justice: An International Journal, 7, 169-187.

Sutton, G., McLeland, K., Weaks, K., Cogswell, P., & Miphouvieng, R. (2007). Does gender matter? Relationship of gender, spousal support, spirituality, and dispositional forgiveness to pastoral restoration. Pastoral Psychology, 55, 645-663.

Tam, T., Hewstone, M., Cairns. E., Tauschet, N., Maio, G., & Kenworthy, J. (2007). The impact of intergroup emotions on forgiveness in Northern Ireland. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 10, 119-136.

Tripp, T.M., Bies, R.J., & Aquino, K. (2007). A vigilante model of justice: revenge, reconciliation, forgiveness, and avoidance. Social Justice Research, 19, 10-34.

Tsang, J., & Stanford, M. (2007). Forgiveness for intimate partner violence: The influence of victim and offender variables. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 653-664.

Williamson, I., & Gonzales, M. (2007). The subjective experience of forgiveness: Positive construals of the forgiveness experience. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 26, 407-446.

Wohl, M. J. A., & McGrath, A. L. (2007). The perception of time heals all wounds: Temporal distance affects willingness to forgive following an interpersonal transgression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1023-1035.

Worthington, E. L., Jr., Scherer, M., Hook, J. N., Davis, D. E., Gartner, A. L., Campara, K., & Sharp, C. B. (2007). Adapting a secular forgiveness intervention to include religion and spirituality. Counseling and Spirituality, 26, 171-186.

Worthington, E. L., Jr., Witvliet, C. V. O., Pietrini, P., & Miller, A. J. (2007). Forgiveness, health, and well-being: A review of evidence for emotional versus decisional forgiveness, dispositional forgivingness, and reduced unforgiveness. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 30, 291-302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-007-9105-8

Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2007). Rumination: Bridging a gap between forgivingness, vengefulness, and psychological health. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 1573-1584.