Motivating Change in Relationships : Can Prayer Increase Forgiveness?
Motivating Change in Relationships : Can Prayer Increase Forgiveness?
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激发关系的改变:祈祷可以增加宽恕吗?
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发表时间:
2009
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通讯作者:
S. Beach
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作者:
N. Lambert;F. Fincham;T. Stillman;Steven M. Graham;S. Beach
The objective of the current studies was to test whether praying for a relationship partner would increase willingness to forgive that partner. In Study 1 (N = 52), participants assigned to pray for their romantic partner reported greater willingness to forgive that partner than those who described their partner to an imagined parent. In Study 2 (N = 67), participants were assigned to pray for a friend, pray about any topic, or think positive thoughts about a friend every day for 4 weeks. Those who prayed for their friend reported greater forgiveness for their friend than did those in the other two conditions, even when we controlled for baseline forgiveness scores. Participants who prayed for their friend also increased in selfless concern during the 4 weeks, and this variable mediated the relationship between experimental condition and increased forgiveness. Together, these studies provide an enhanced understanding of the relationship benefits of praying for a partner and begin to identify potential mediators of the effect.
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1.7
作者:
Beach,StevenRH;Fincham,FrankD;Hurt,TeraR;McNair,LilyM;Stanley,ScottM
通讯作者:
Stanley,ScottM