Dealing with betrayal in close relationships: Does commitment promote forgiveness?
Dealing with betrayal in close relationships: Does commitment promote forgiveness?
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DOI:
10.1037//0022-3514.82.6.956
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发表时间:
2002-06-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
Hannon, PA
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作者:
Finkel, EJ;Rusbult, CE;Hannon, PA
This work complements existing research regarding the forgiveness process by highlighting the role of commitment in motivating forgiveness. On the basis of an interdependence-theoretic analysis, the authors suggest that (a) victims' self-oriented reactions to betrayal are antithetical to forgiveness. favoring impulses such as grudge and vengeance. and (b) forgiveness rests on prorelationship motivation, one cause of which is strong commitment. A priming experiment, a cross-sectional survey study, and an interaction record study revealed evidence of associations (or causal effects) of commitment with forgiveness. The commitment-forgiveness association appearred to rest on intent to persist rather than long-term orientation or psychological attachment. In addition. the commitment-forgiveness association was mediated by cognitive interpretations of betrayal incidents: evidence for mediation by emotional reactions was inconsistent.