Overcoming Interpersonal Offenses: Is Forgiveness the Only Way to Deal With Unforgiveness?

By N. Wade, Everett L. Worthington Jr.. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Everett L. Worthington Jr.
2. H. Orcutt
3. Julie J. Exline
4. Scott M. Pickett
5. E. B. Pope
6. C. Witvliet
7. K. Pargament
8. Steven J. Sandage

In Social Psychology

1. Everett L. Worthington Jr.
2. H. Orcutt
3. Julie J. Exline
4. Scott M. Pickett
5. E. B. Pope
6. T. Ludwig
7. C. Witvliet
8. Steven J. Sandage

Citations in the corpus

• The prospective relationship of interpersonal forgiveness and psychological distress symptoms among college women (2006, background): “Worthington, E. L., & Wade, N. G. (1999).”
• EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE AND FORGIVENESS AS MEDIATORS IN THE RELATION BETWEEN TRAUMATIC INTERPERSONAL EVENTS AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOMS (2005, background): “Unforgiveness is defined as the “delayed emotions of resentment, hostility, hatred, bitterness, anger and fear (in some combination) that arise after ruminating about a transgression” (Wade & Worthington, 2003, p. 344), while forgiveness is defined as “experiencing strong, positive, love–based emoti”
• Retributive justice, restorative justice, and forgiveness: An experimental psychophysiology analysis (2008, background): “Using a within-subjects mental imagery design, Witvliet et al. (2001) found that when people imagined unforgiveness—ruminating about their hurt and nursing a grudge—they experienced more negative and aroused emotion, higher heart rate, blood pressure, and skin conductance levels, and greater muscle ”