Theoretical and Empirical Connections Between Forgiveness, Mental Health, and Well-Being

By L. Toussaint, Jon R. Webb. 2005

215 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Mathias Allemand
2. Everett L. Worthington Jr.
3. Steven J. Sandage
4. S. Beach
5. F. Fincham
6. E. Hui
7. J. Hook
8. P. Hill

In Social Psychology

1. Everett L. Worthington Jr.
2. Mathias Allemand
3. Steven J. Sandage
4. J. Hook
5. F. Fincham
6. S. Beach
7. Don E. Davis
8. E. Hui

Citations in the corpus

• Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Affect and Beliefs (2009, background): “In a series of four studies utilizing almost 775 college student participants, Watkins et al. (2003) showed moderate to strong associations between affective and cognitive components of well-being and gratitude.”
• How forgiveness, purpose, and religiosity are related to the mental health and well-being of youth: A review of the literature (2007, background): “Past research has gradually begun to reveal the benefits of holding these constructs as superordinate elements of one’s identity (e.g., Damon, Menon, & Cotton Bronk, 2003; Toussaint & Webb, 2005).”
• The impact of a forgiveness intervention with Hong Kong Chinese children hurt in interpersonal relationships (2009, background): “The review of the studies above indicates that the assessment of psychological wellbeing outcomes in forgiveness studies has been limited to reduction of depression, anger, anxiety, and improvement of self esteem, which are broadly defined as mental health well-being (Toussaint & Webb, 2005).”
• Parentification and mental health symptoms: mediator effects of perceived unfairness and differentiation of self (2013, background): “Research has demonstrated an association between rumination and unforgiveness (Burnette et al., 2007, 2009) and the reduction of unforgiveness has demonstrated mental health benefits (Greenberg et al., 2008, 2010; Lee and Enright, 2009; Toussaint and Webb, 2005).”
• Forgivingness and subjective well-being in adulthood: the moderating role of future time perspective (2012, background): “Theoretical and empirical work suggests that forgiveness is associated with subjective well-being (McCullough, 2000; Toussaint & Webb, 2005).”
• Attachment and trait forgivingness: The mediating role of angry rumination (2007, background): “Regardless of how one defines forgiveness, it has been shown to have a variety of advantages including promoting trust and reconciliation in relationships, improved mental well-being and physical health, and reduced negative affect (Finkel et al., 2002; Toussaint & Webb, 2005; Worthington, 2005).”
• Forgiveness and marital quality: Precursor or consequence in well-established relationships? (2007, background): “…across a variety of domains including physical health (for reviews see Harris & Thoresen, 2005; Worthington & Scherer, 2004), mental health (for reviews see Enright & Fitzgibbons, 2000; Toussaint & Webb, 2005), and life satisfaction (e.g., Karremans, Van Lange, Ouwerkerk, & Kluwer, 2003).”
• Collectivism, Forgiveness, and Social Harmony (2009, background): “Psychological (Toussaint & Webb, 2005) and physical (Harris & Thoresen, 2005) health benefits of forgiveness have been documented primarily for individualistic participants.”
• Insecure attachment and depressive symptoms: The mediating role of rumination, empathy, and forgiveness (2009, background): “For example, forgiveness promotes harmony, trust, and reconciliation and improved mental well-being and physical health (e.g., Toussaint & Webb, 2005; Worthington & Scherer, 2004).”