Forgiveness: a perception and motivation study among married adults.
This cross-sectional study investigated the perception and motivation of forgiveness among 785 heterosexually married adults from the Flanders region in Belgium. A descriptive analysis showed that, in general, the respondents have a rather positive perception of forgiveness. In the second phase of the study, a t-test showed evidence of a significant difference between the positive perception of forgiveness of the first-married and remarried adults. But on a gender level, there was no difference either in the positive or in the negative scales. This study has shown that the general forgiveness has significant (p < 0.001) positive correlation with the perception of forgiveness.
Orathinkal
Jose
J
Institute for the Family and Sexuality Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. orathinkal@yahoo.co.uk
Vansteenwegen
Alfons
A
Burggraeve
Roger
R
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology; D001290:Attitude; D001530:Belgium; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution