A Psychometric Analysis of the Workplace Forgiveness Scale
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Boonyarit, Itsara
Chuawanlee, Wiladlak
Macaskill, Ann
Supparerkchaisakul, Numchai
Abstract / Description
Though there are measures of forgiveness published in the behavioural science literature, very few scales are available to measure forgiveness in workplace relationships. The Workplace Forgiveness Scale aimed to measure forgiveness of a specific offense. Data from 348 professional nurses in Thailand were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and the psychometric properties of the scale were examined. Results from EFA suggested retaining four underlying factors of the forgiveness construct: Overcoming Negative Thought and Feeling toward the Offender, Seeking to Understand the Offender’s Reasons, Fostering Positive Approaches towards the Offender, and Belief in the Benefits of Forgiveness. Reliability coefficients for the total scale and subscales were adequate. Evidence of construct validity is presented. Scores on the forgiveness scale were positively associated with other related forgiveness constructs. Nomological validity analysis supported the theoretical networks of the forgiveness construct. Forgiveness played the complete mediating role in the relationship between dispositional forgiveness and willingness to reconcile, and played a partial mediating role in the relationship between rumination and seeking to revenge the offender. Bootstrap analysis on the parameter estimates of the sample results revealed satisfactory level of internal replicability and stability of the results across the samples. Implications for future research are discussed.
Keyword(s)
forgiveness scale development work context construct validityPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2013-05-31
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
9
Issue
2
Page numbers
319–338
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Boonyarit, I., Chuawanlee, W., Macaskill, A., & Supparerkchaisakul, N. (2013). A Psychometric Analysis of the Workplace Forgiveness Scale. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 9(2), 319–338. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.551
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Boonyarit, Itsara
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Chuawanlee, Wiladlak
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Macaskill, Ann
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Supparerkchaisakul, Numchai
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Date of first publication2013-05-31
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Abstract / DescriptionThough there are measures of forgiveness published in the behavioural science literature, very few scales are available to measure forgiveness in workplace relationships. The Workplace Forgiveness Scale aimed to measure forgiveness of a specific offense. Data from 348 professional nurses in Thailand were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and the psychometric properties of the scale were examined. Results from EFA suggested retaining four underlying factors of the forgiveness construct: Overcoming Negative Thought and Feeling toward the Offender, Seeking to Understand the Offender’s Reasons, Fostering Positive Approaches towards the Offender, and Belief in the Benefits of Forgiveness. Reliability coefficients for the total scale and subscales were adequate. Evidence of construct validity is presented. Scores on the forgiveness scale were positively associated with other related forgiveness constructs. Nomological validity analysis supported the theoretical networks of the forgiveness construct. Forgiveness played the complete mediating role in the relationship between dispositional forgiveness and willingness to reconcile, and played a partial mediating role in the relationship between rumination and seeking to revenge the offender. Bootstrap analysis on the parameter estimates of the sample results revealed satisfactory level of internal replicability and stability of the results across the samples. Implications for future research are discussed.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationBoonyarit, I., Chuawanlee, W., Macaskill, A., & Supparerkchaisakul, N. (2013). A Psychometric Analysis of the Workplace Forgiveness Scale. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 9(2), 319–338. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.551
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1189
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1381
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.551
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Keyword(s)forgivenessen_US
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Keyword(s)scale developmenten_US
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Keyword(s)work contexten_US
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Keyword(s)construct validityen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleA Psychometric Analysis of the Workplace Forgiveness Scaleen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers319–338
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Volume9
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