On the Form and Function of Forgiving: Modeling the Time-Forgiveness Relationship and Testing the Valuable Relationships Hypothesis
On the Form and Function of Forgiving: Modeling the Time-Forgiveness Relationship and Testing the Valuable Relationships Hypothesis
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DOI：
10.1037/a0019349
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发表时间：
2010-06-01
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影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Bono, Giacomo
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作者：
McCullough, Michael E.;Luna, Lindsey Root;Bono, Giacomo
在两项研究中，作者试图确定宽恕时间过程背后的数学函数。对数模型的性能优于线性、指数、幂模型。双曲和指数幂模型。对数函数意味着产生收益递减的心理过程，对应于韦伯-费希纳定律，并且在功能上类似于心理物理函数（Stevens，1971）和遗忘函数（Wixted＆Ebbesen，1997）背后的幂律。违规行为发生后 3 个月，典型参与者的宽恕度增加了两个对数赔率单位。变化率的个体差异与宽恕的稳健预测因素相关。与进化论一致（McCullough，2008），研究 2 表明，宽恕与参与者认为他们与冒犯者的关系保留价值的看法有着独特的联系。
In two studies, the authors sought to identify the mathematical function underlying the temporal course of forgiveness. A logarithmic model outperformed linear, exponential, power. hyperbolic, and exponential-power models. The logarithmic function implies a psychological process yielding diminishing returns, corresponds to the Weber-Fechner law, and is functionally similar to the power law underlying the psychophysical function (Stevens, 1971) and the forgetting function (Wixted & Ebbesen, 1997). By 3 months after their transgressions, the typical participant's forgiveness had increased by two log-odds units. Individual differences in rates of change were correlated with robust predictors of forgiveness. Consistent with evolutionary theorizing (McCullough, 2008), Study 2 revealed that forgiveness was uniquely associated with participants perceptions that their relationships with their offenders retained value.