Exploring the Psychological Processes That Underlie Interpersonal Forgiveness: Replication and Extension of the Model of Motivated Interpersonal Forgiveness

Frontiers in Psychology

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Leigh Anne N. Donovan¹  Joseph R. Priester² 

[1] Marketing Department, Lubin School of Business, Pace University, United States;Department of Marketing, Marshall Business School, University of Southern California, United States;Department of Psychology, Dornsife College of Letters, and Sciences, University of Southern California, United States

关键词: forgiveness;    motivated reasoning;    empathy;    relationship closeness;    Model of Motivated Interpersonal Forgiveness;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02107

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

When, why, and how does interpersonal forgiveness occur? These questions guided recent research that compared the relative abilities of empathy versus motivated reasoning models to account for the influence of relationship closeness on interpersonal forgiveness. Consistent support was provided for the Model of Motivated Interpersonal Forgiveness. This model hypothesizes that, following relationship transgressions, relationship closeness leads to a desire to maintain a relationship. Desire to maintain a relationship leads to motivated reasoning. And motivated reasoning fosters interpersonal forgiveness. The goal of the present research was to examine two concerns that emerged from the initial support for the Model of Motivated Interpersonal Forgiveness. First, were the measures of motivated reasoning and interpersonal forgiveness conflated, thus reducing the potential for empathy to account for interpersonal forgiveness? Second, did the analytic estimation used reduce the power to detect the mediational role of empathy? The present research examined these questions. When motivated reasoning was measured by thought listings (in addition to the original questionnaire items) and when the analytic estimation provided greater power, the Model of Motivated Interpersonal Forgiveness was replicated.

【 授权许可】

CC BY