A Study on Interpersonal Forgive and Revenge of Undergraduates
- VernacularTitle:大学生人际宽恕与报复心理研究
- Author:
Sanman HU
;
Aiqing ZHANG
;
Yanjie JA
;
Ha ZHONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Undergraduate;
Interpersonal forgiveness;
Revenge motivation;
Ruminate;
Empathy
- From:Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology
1993;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To explore the relationship between interpersonal forgiveness and revenge and some influential factors in college students. Methods: Rumination Scale,Empathy Scale, Tendency to Forgive Scale and Revenge Motivation Scale were administered to 194 college students. Results and Conclusion: ① There were significant gender differences in the degree of seeking revenge and rumination. ② Most of interpersonal transgression indeed happened between fellow students. ③ Correlation analysis showed significantly negative correlation between forgiving and hurtfulness, revenge motivations, rumination, and between revenging and tendency to forgive, empathy; and positive correlation between forgiving and empathy and between revenging and revenge motivation, hurtfulness. Further regression analysis revealed that revenge motivations, rumination and empathy were significant negative predictors of forgiving; hurtfulness and revenge motivations were significant positive predictors of revenging.
