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The influence of personal, relational, and contextual factors on forgiveness communication following transgressions
Author(s) -
EDWARDS TIMOTHY,
PASK ELIZABETH B.,
WHITBRED ROBERT,
NEUENDORF KIMBERLY A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/pere.12224
Subject(s) - forgiveness , psychology , romance , social psychology , perception , vulnerability (computing) , adaptation (eye) , developmental psychology , computer security , neuroscience , computer science , psychoanalysis
The way that individuals adapt to stress in their romantic relationships plays a major role in determining relational satisfaction. This study used the Vulnerability‐Stress‐Adaptation Model as a framework to examine how individuals adapt to a relational transgression in their romantic relationships. This study examined individuals' attachment dimensions and perceived relational equity as factors that influenced how they used forgiveness strategies following a relational transgression. The results revealed that both attachment dimensions and perceptions of relational equity inform our understanding of the strategies that individuals use to communicate forgiveness to a romantic relationship partner. Furthermore, the results suggest that the communication of forgiveness has important implications for relational satisfaction.