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THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY IN FORGIVENESS

Bedell, Tina Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1039114801

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2002, PhD, Ohio State University, Human Development and Family Science.
Sixty-eight participants from nonprofit mental health agencies and religious institutions participated in a study investigating three hypotheses: 1) There will be a significant relationship between an individual’s religiosity and willingness to forgive a significant other who has wronged them; 2) There will be a relationship between one’s religiosity and ethnicity; and 3) There will be a relationship between remorse and forgiveness. Along with a basic demographic questionnaire and a forgiveness scale, participants responded to a religiosity measure reporting on themselves and their partner. Also, participants reported on their perceptions of their partners’ level of remorse in regards to the offense. A series of analyses showed that all hypotheses were partially supported. T-Tests revealed that African Americans reported higher levels of yearly religious service attendance as reported on self and partner and higher levels of religiosity as reported on partner than did Caucasians. African Americans also reported higher levels of forgiving for the feelings subdomain of the forgiveness scale. Correlational analyses revealed that there was a relationship between religiosity and forgiveness and remorse and forgiveness. Regression analyses revealed that remorse was a significant predictor for the thoughts subdomain for forgiveness as reported on partner and religiosity and ethnicity were significant predictors for the feelings subdomain for forgiveness as reported on self. Implications for the field of Marriage and Family Therapy are discussed and suggestions for implementing both religiosity and forgiveness into therapeutic practice are recommended.
Stephen Gavazzi (Advisor)
126 p.
Psychology, Clinical
FORGIVENESS; RELIGIOSITY; remorse; religious; offense; therapist

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  • Bedell, T. M. (2002). THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY IN FORGIVENESS [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1039114801

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bedell, Tina. THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY IN FORGIVENESS. 2002. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1039114801.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bedell, Tina. "THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY IN FORGIVENESS." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1039114801

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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