A study on the relationship between resilience and forgiveness
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Background : We are living in a world grappled with issues of terrorist attacks, racial discrimination, manmade or natural disasters, hunger, poverty and many more. Can forgiveness be the answer to build resilience to deal with such adversities? Forgiveness means a conscious decision to release the feelings of resentment and vengeance towards the offender. Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, stress, trauma or sources of significant stress. Many studies have shown that primary factor in influencing Resilience is- having caring and supportive relationships. Methodology : The purpose of the study was to explore relationship between forgiveness and resilience. 95 undergraduate female college students participated in the survey. Students were given self report questionnaires that included Wagnild and Young’s Resilience Scale, and the Heartland Forgiveness Scale. The Pearson’s product moment correlation was done to find out the association between the two variables. Results : The results indicated a significant relationship between self-forgiveness and resilience (p < 0.01), forgiving others and resilience (p < 0.01), forgiveness of situations and resilience (p < 0.05) and overall forgiveness with resilience (p < 0.05). Conclusions : There is definite relationship between resilience and forgiveness as well as self forgiveness. These results may be applied in creating modules for personal counseling and couples therapy to build resilience through inculcating trait forgiveness.
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Pooja Soni
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.3.1.2016.57-61
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