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Intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of forgiveness following spousal infidelity: A stress and coping perspective
Chi, Peilian1; Tang, Yixin2; Worthington, Everett L.3; Chan, Cecilia L.W.4; Lam, Debbie O.B.4; Lin, Xiuyun2
2019-10-01
Source PublicationJournal of Clinical Psychology
ISSN0021-9762
Volume75Issue:10Pages:1896-1915
Abstract

Objective: Forgiveness includes processes that involve a decision to stop bitterness and thoughts of revenge (i.e., decisional forgiveness), which further motivates the forgiver towards the restoration of positive emotions (i.e., emotional forgiveness). Using stress and coping framework, this study investigated intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of decisional and emotional forgiveness in a Chinese marital context. Method: Participants were 154 respondents who had experienced or were experiencing spousal infidelity. Results: Solidarity-oriented personality and perceived partner's reconciliation motivation facilitated benign attributions and empathy, then facilitated higher levels of decisional forgiveness, which promoted emotional forgiveness. Strength of marital bond before the infidelity directly predicted higher levels of emotional forgiveness. Conclusions: Our findings provide evidence for the differentiated decisional and emotional forgiveness processes after spousal infidelity and delineate different coping mechanism that triggers them, thus lending culturally appropriate evidence for clinicians who work with clients facing spousal infidelity.

KeywordChinese Decisional Forgiveness Emotional Forgiveness Marital Relationship Spousal Infidelity Stress And Coping
DOI10.1002/jclp.22825
URLView the original
Language英語English
WOS IDWOS:000479396800001
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85072153505
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionDEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Affiliation1.Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macao
2.Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
3.Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States
4.Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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Chi, Peilian,Tang, Yixin,Worthington, Everett L.,et al. Intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of forgiveness following spousal infidelity: A stress and coping perspective[J]. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2019, 75(10), 1896-1915.
APA Chi, Peilian., Tang, Yixin., Worthington, Everett L.., Chan, Cecilia L.W.., Lam, Debbie O.B.., & Lin, Xiuyun (2019). Intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of forgiveness following spousal infidelity: A stress and coping perspective. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(10), 1896-1915.
MLA Chi, Peilian,et al."Intrapersonal and interpersonal facilitators of forgiveness following spousal infidelity: A stress and coping perspective".Journal of Clinical Psychology 75.10(2019):1896-1915.
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