RT Article
T1 Comparing Compassionate Love and Empathy as Predictors of Transgression-General and Transgression-Specific Forgiveness
JF Journal of psychology and theology
VO 49
IS 2
SP 112
OP 125
A1 Kim, Jichan Jay
A2 Kaplan, Hannah Marie
A2 Oliver, Mary Jo
A2 Whitmoyer, Nicole Shiree
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1757683607
AB For Christians, forgiveness is exhibiting Christlike love even when it seems impossible for the amount pain that the other has caused in the forgiver. However, empirical studies on the relationships between other-focused love and forgiveness are scarce. In this study, we explored the relationships between other-focused love, empathy, and forgiveness among Christian college students. Using the data from 263 students from a large private Christian university in Central Virginia, bivariate correlations between two types of forgiveness, compassionate love, and empathy were computed, and the contribution of demographic variables, compassionate love, and empathy to the prediction of transgression-general and transgression-specific forgiveness was examined using three-block multiple regression analyses. Compassionate love had significant positive associations with both transgression-general and transgression-specific forgiveness, and compassionate love predicted both types of forgiveness after controlling for age, gender, and empathy.
K1 Virtues
K1 positive psychology
K1 Interpersonal
DO 10.1177/0091647120926482