Abstract
ABSTRACT: The understanding and application of forgiveness varies across cultures. The current study aimed to examine the effect of a culture-adaptive Forgiveness Intervention on forgiveness attitude, self-esteem, empathy and anxiety of Mainland Chinese college students. Thirty-six participants were randomly allocated to either experimental groups or a wait-list comparison group, with 28 retained finally. Forgiveness, empathy, self-esteem and anxiety were assessed one week before and after a 10-week forgiveness programme integrating Enright process model and Chinese values. The intervention increased participants' forgiveness attitudes. No significant effect was reported on empathy, self-esteem and anxiety. These findings demonstrate that the Culture-adaptive forgiveness intervention is potentially promising to enhance forgiveness attitude in societies where collectivist, cooperative and interdependent principles are dominant.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 335-346 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | British Journal of Guidance and Counselling |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 26 05 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Chinese culture
- anxiety
- empathy
- forgiveness attitude
- self-esteem