Forgiveness is an emotion-focused coping strategy that can reduce health risks and promote health resilience: theory, review, and hypotheses

By Everett L. Worthington Jr., M. Scherer. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

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

In Social Psychology

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

Citations in the corpus

• Forgivingness and subjective well-being in adulthood: the moderating role of future time perspective (2012, background): “As we argued above, a primary function of forgivingness appears to be down-regulating and reducing negative affective states and stressful reactions to interpersonal conflicts (e.g., Allemand et al., 2008; Worthington & Scherer, 2004).”
• Research on religion/spirituality and forgiveness: A meta-analytic review. (2013, background): “Forgiveness has been associated with a variety of benefits for physical health, mental health, and relationships (McCullough, Root, Tabak, & Witvliet, 2009), primarily through the reduction of stress (Worthington & Scherer, 2004).”
• 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).”
• Forgiveness and marital quality: Precursor or consequence in well-established relationships? (2007, background): “The benefits of forgiving for individual well-being have been documented 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”
• The impact of a forgiveness intervention with Hong Kong Chinese children hurt in interpersonal relationships (2009, background): “Worthington, however, differentiates two types of forgiveness (see Worthington & Scherer, 2004 ).”