title: Health promotion through forgiveness intervention.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to offer evidence-based forgiveness interventions clinically useful to nurses in holistic health promotion for individuals, families, and communities. Forgiveness interventions are developed and described within four approaches inspired by midrange nursing theorists who have adapted their theories from Bandura's Social Learning Theory and Frankl's Theory of Meaning. Interventions are also assimilated from a comprehensive review of theoretical and research literature. The four interventional approaches include persuasive information, vicarious experience, awareness of physiological reactions, and enactive attainment. Barriers to implementation are discussed as well as ways to individualize the interventions.
authors.affiliation: Holistic Therapy LLC,Wisconsin, WI 54701, USA. acrecine@aol.com
authors.forename: Ann C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Recine
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stehle Werner
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Recine
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000533:Altruism; D026686:Beneficence; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006694:Holistic Health; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods; D020377:Self Efficacy