Ambivalence in attitudes toward forgiveness
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Boon, Susan D.
Kheong, Megan
Khoury, Careen
Abstract / Description
Are attitudes toward forgiveness ambivalent? To answer this question and explore whether such ambivalence predicts individuals’ propensity to forgive and tendency to view forgiveness as desirable/virtuous, we asked undergraduates (N = 159) to complete measures of ambivalence toward forgiveness, attitudes toward forgiveness, and tendencies to be forgiving/vengeful. Using a number of metrics, our findings suggest that attitudes toward forgiveness are moderately ambivalent. In addition, and as predicted, ambivalence toward forgiveness was associated with diminished inclination to be forgiving, enhanced pro-vengeance orientation, and less idealistic views of forgiveness. Further, highly ambivalent participants scored the same or lower than anti-forgiveness participants in tendencies to be forgiving/vengeful. These findings suggest the existence of a disconnect between people’s actual attitudes toward forgiveness and popular discourses on forgiveness and underscore the need for investigations of and theorizing on forgiveness that more fully recognize its possible costs and limitations or, at the very least, laypeople’s views on these.
Keyword(s)
ambivalence attitudes forgiveness forgivingness vengefulnessPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2022-12-09
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
16
Issue
2
Page numbers
221–241
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Boon, S. D., Kheong, M., & Khoury, C. (2022). Ambivalence in attitudes toward forgiveness. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 16(2), 221-241. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.6729
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Boon, Susan D.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Kheong, Megan
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Khoury, Careen
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Date of first publication2022-12-09
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Abstract / DescriptionAre attitudes toward forgiveness ambivalent? To answer this question and explore whether such ambivalence predicts individuals’ propensity to forgive and tendency to view forgiveness as desirable/virtuous, we asked undergraduates (N = 159) to complete measures of ambivalence toward forgiveness, attitudes toward forgiveness, and tendencies to be forgiving/vengeful. Using a number of metrics, our findings suggest that attitudes toward forgiveness are moderately ambivalent. In addition, and as predicted, ambivalence toward forgiveness was associated with diminished inclination to be forgiving, enhanced pro-vengeance orientation, and less idealistic views of forgiveness. Further, highly ambivalent participants scored the same or lower than anti-forgiveness participants in tendencies to be forgiving/vengeful. These findings suggest the existence of a disconnect between people’s actual attitudes toward forgiveness and popular discourses on forgiveness and underscore the need for investigations of and theorizing on forgiveness that more fully recognize its possible costs and limitations or, at the very least, laypeople’s views on these.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationBoon, S. D., Kheong, M., & Khoury, C. (2022). Ambivalence in attitudes toward forgiveness. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 16(2), 221-241. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.6729en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/7948
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.12407
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.6729
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5151
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5151
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Keyword(s)ambivalenceen_US
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Keyword(s)attitudesen_US
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Keyword(s)forgivenessen_US
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Keyword(s)forgivingnessen_US
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Keyword(s)vengefulnessen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleAmbivalence in attitudes toward forgivenessen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers221–241
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Volume16
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Visible tag(s)Version of Recorden_US