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Comparison of Explicit Forgiveness Interventions With an Alternative Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Author(s) -
Wade Nathaniel G.,
Worthington Everett L.,
Haake Shawn
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00561.x
Subject(s) - forgiveness , psychological intervention , psychology , psychotherapist , randomized controlled trial , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry
Forgiveness interventions can help people forgive past offenses. However, few studies have compared forgiveness interventions with genuine alternative treatments. The authors compared forgiveness interventions with a therapeutic alternative treatment. Participants reduced unforgiveness and increased forgiveness regardless of treatment condition. Trait forgivingness was not related to change in forgiveness, whereas greater offender contrition was related to greater reductions in unforgiveness. The type of treatment may not be as important as factors common to the interventions.